Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klawō

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

Parallel nominal formation related to *klawjaną; see there for more.^[1]

Noun

*klawō f

claw

Inflection

Declension of *klawō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klawō	*klawôz
vocative	*klawō	*klawôz
accusative	*klawǭ	*klawōz
genitive	*klawōz	*klawǫ̂
dative	*klawōi	*klawōmaz
instrumental	*klawō	*klawōmiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *klawu
- Old English: clawu
  - Middle English: clawe, claw
    - Scots: claw, clau
    - English: claw
- Old Frisian: klawe, kle
  - Saterland Frisian: Klaue
  - West Frisian: klau, kloer
- Old Saxon: klawa
  - Middle Low German: klowe, kla
    - Low German: Klau
- Old Dutch: klawa
  - Middle Dutch: klawe, klauwe
    - Dutch: klauw
      - Afrikaans: klou
    - Limburgish: klaw
- Old High German: klawa
  - Middle High German: klawe
    - German: Klaue
    - Luxembourgish: Klo
Old Norse: kló
- Icelandic: kló
- Faroese: klógv
- Norwegian:
  - Norwegian Bokmål: klo
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: klo
- Old Swedish: klō
  - Swedish: klo
- Old Danish: klo
  - Danish: klo
- Gutnish: klau

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klawō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 292

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klawō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 292

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