cleine

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch cleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klaini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz.

Adjective

cleine

Inflection

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Alternative forms

clêne

Descendants

Dutch: klein
- Afrikaans: klein
- Jersey Dutch: klāin
- Negerhollands: kleen, klen
- Skepi Creole Dutch: klenk
Limburgish: klein

Further reading

“clene (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cleine (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

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