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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaibrā
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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-West Germanic
Alternative forms
- *klaibʀā
Etymology
Unknown; suggested to be from earlier *klaiwʀā, in which the sequence *-wʀ- developed into *-bʀ-, syncopated from an original z-stem *klaiw ~ *klaiwiʀi[1],[2] whence a-stem *klaiw, perhaps of substrate origin[3].
Inflection
| ōn-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *klaibrā | |
| Genitive | *klaibrōn | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *klaibrā | *klaibrōn |
| Accusative | *klaibrōn | *klaibrōn |
| Genitive | *klaibrōn | *klaibrōnō |
| Dative | *klaibrōn | *klaibrōm, *klaibrum |
| Instrumental | *klaibrōn | *klaibrōm, *klaibrum |
Derived terms
- *klaibrijā
Descendants
- Old English: clāfre, clǣfre (< *klaibrijā)
- Old Frisian: *klāvere, *klēvere
- Old Saxon: *klēvera, klefe
- Old Dutch: *klēvara
References
- Van den Berg, B. (1954) “De namen van de klaver”, in Nomina Geographica Neerlandica, volume 14, number 1
- Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klaiwiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 291-292
- Schrijver, Peter (1997) “Animal, vegetable and mineral: some Western European substratum words”, in Lubotsky, A., editor, Sound Law and Analogy, Amsterdam/Atlanta, pages 293–316
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