Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klintaz

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

  • *kluntaz

Etymology

Uncertain; hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glendos (“shore”), but the only cognate is Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”) (along with its descendants). They are alternatively suggested to be of shared substrate origin. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*klintaz m

  1. hill
    Synonyms: *brinkaz, *haugaz, *hlaiwą, *hulliz, *klūtaz

Inflection

Declension of *klintaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *klintaz *klintōz, *klintōs
vocative *klint *klintōz, *klintōs
accusative *klintą *klintanz
genitive *klintas, *klintis *klintǫ̂
dative *klintai *klintamaz
instrumental *klintō *klintamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *klint
    • Old Saxon: *klint
      • Middle Low German: *klint
        • German Low German: Klint
  • Old Norse: klettr

References

  • Jürgen Udolph: Namenkundliche Studien zum Germanenproblem. 1994.
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