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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klammjan

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

Presumably from Proto-Germanic *klamjaną, of unclear further etymology. If considering the material that formed clasps or clamps, namely wood or metal, then it can be derived from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (clasp; mass), from *gel- (form into a ball; ball). In North Germanic all three phases of ablaut appear, klimp (small lump), klamp (wooden or iron clamp), and klump (clump, clog).[1] Compare *klumpō.

Verb

*klammjan

  1. to clamp
  2. to squeeze

Inflection

Class 1 weak
Infinitive *klammjan
1st sg. past *klamidā
Infinitive *klammjan
Genitive infin. *klammjannjas
Dative infin. *klammjannjē
Instrum. infin. *klammjannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *klammju *klamidā
2nd singular *klamisi *klamidēs, *klamidōs
3rd singular *klamiþi *klamidē, *klamidā
1st plural *klammjum *klamidum
2nd plural *klamiþ *klamidud
3rd plural *klammjanþ *klamidun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *klammjē *klamidī
2nd singular *klammjēs *klamidī
3rd singular *klammjē *klamidī
1st plural *klammjēm *klamidīm
2nd plural *klammjēþ *klamidīd
3rd plural *klammjēn *klamidīn
Imperative Present
Singular *klami
Plural *klamiþ
Present Past
Participle *klammjandī *klamid

Alternative reconstructions

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “klamp”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klammjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
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