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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klenan
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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
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *klinaną (“to glue, stick, spread, smear”), with the verb re-analysed as a Class 5 strong verb. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to glue, stick”).
Inflection
| Strong class 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *klenan | |
| 1st sg. past | *klan | |
| 3rd pl. past | *klānun | |
| Past ptcple | *klenan | |
| Infinitive | *klenan | |
| Genitive infin. | *klenannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *klenannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *klenannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *klenu | *klan |
| 2nd singular | *kliniʀi | *klānī |
| 3rd singular | *klinidi | *klan |
| 1st plural | *klenum | *klānum |
| 2nd plural | *klinid | *klānud |
| 3rd plural | *klenand | *klānun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *klenē | *klānī |
| 2nd singular | *klenēs | *klānī |
| 3rd singular | *klenē | *klānī |
| 1st plural | *klenēm | *klānīm |
| 2nd plural | *klenēþ | *klānīd |
| 3rd plural | *klenēn | *klānīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *klin | |
| Plural | *klinid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *klenandī | *klenan |
Related terms
Descendants
- Old Saxon: *klenan
- ⇒ Old Saxon: biklenan (“to spread, stain”)
- Old High German: klenan
- Middle High German: klenen
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