Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klajjô

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklɑj.jɔːː/

Noun

*klajjô m(North Germanic)

  1. clay
  2. gadfly
    Synonym: *bremusī

Inflection

Declension of *klajjô (masculine an-stem)
singular plural
nominative *klajjô *klajjaniz
vocative *klajjô *klajjaniz
accusative *klajjanų *klajjanunz
genitive *klajjiniz *klajjanǫ̂
dative *klajjini *klajjammaz
instrumental *klajjinē *klajjammiz
  • *klajjaz

Descendants

  • Old Norse: kleggi
    • Icelandic: kleggi
    • Faroese: kleggi
    • Norwegian: kli (dialectal)
    • Danish: klæg, kleg
    • → Scots: cleg, (clag), kleg
    • → English: cleg; (clag?)
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