Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaitā

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to stick”).

Noun

*klaitā f

(botany) burdock

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*klaitā
Genitive	*klaitōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klaitā	*klaitōn
Accusative	*klaitōn	*klaitōn
Genitive	*klaitōn	*klaitōnō
Dative	*klaitōn	klaitōm, klaitum
Instrumental	*klaitōn	klaitōm, klaitum

Derived terms

*klaitijā
- Old English: *clǣte
  - Middle English: clete, cleyt, clyte, clett
    - English: cleat

Related terms

*klītā
*kliþā
*kliþþjā

Descendants

Old English: clāte
- Middle English: clate, clote, clotte
  - English: clote
    - ⇒ English: clotbur
Old Frisian: *klāte
- →? Middle Low German: klatte
  - German Low German: Klatte, Klatt
Old Saxon: *klēta
- ⇒ Middle Low German: klêteken, kletteken

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