Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klakōną

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

Alternative forms

  • *klakkōną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *glag- (to make a noise, chatter, chirp), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (to roop, scream, shout).

Verb

*klakōną

  1. to clap, clack
  2. to chirp, tweet, twitter

Inflection

Conjugation of (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *klakō *klakǭ *klakōi ?
2nd singular *klakōsi *klakōs *klakō *klakōsai *klakōsau
3rd singular *klakōþi *klakō *klakōþau *klakōþai *klakōþau
1st dual *klakōs *klakōw
2nd dual *klakōþiz *klakōþiz *klakōþiz
1st plural *klakōmaz *klakōm *klakōnþai *klakōnþau
2nd plural *klakōþ *klakōþ *klakōþ *klakōnþai *klakōnþau
3rd plural *klakōnþi *klakōn *klakōnþau *klakōnþai *klakōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *klakōdǭ *klakōdēdį̄
2nd singular *klakōdēz *klakōdēdīz
3rd singular *klakōdē *klakōdēdī
1st dual *klakōdēdū *klakōdēdīw
2nd dual *klakōdēdudiz *klakōdēdīdiz
1st plural *klakōdēdum *klakōdēdīm
2nd plural *klakōdēdud *klakōdēdīd
3rd plural *klakōdēdun *klakōdēdīn
present past
participles *klakōndz *klakōdaz
  • *klakaz/*klakkaz
  • *klakatjaną/*klakkatjaną
  • *klakjaną
  • *klakō

Descendants

  • Old English: *clacian
    • Middle English: claken, clakken, clacken
  • Old Saxon: *klakōn
    • Middle Low German: klacken
      • Low German: klakken
  • Old Dutch: *klakon
  • Old High German: klahhazzen, klahhezzen, klachazzen, klachezzen
  • Old Norse: klaka
    • Icelandic: klaka
    • Norwegian: klakka