Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱlównis

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Noun

*ḱlównis f

buttocks, hip

Inflection

Athematic, proterokinetic
	singular
nominative	*ḱlównis
genitive	*ḱlunéys
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ḱlównis	*ḱlównih₁(e)	*ḱlówneyes
vocative	*ḱlówni	*ḱlównih₁(e)	*ḱlówneyes
accusative	*ḱlównim	*ḱlównih₁(e)	*ḱlównims
genitive	*ḱlunéys	*?	*ḱlunéyoHom
ablative	*ḱlunéys	*?	ḱlunímos, ḱluníbʰos
dative	*ḱlunéyey	*?	ḱlunímos, ḱluníbʰos
locative	ḱlunéy, ḱlunḗy	*?	*ḱlunísu
instrumental	*ḱluníh₁	*?	ḱlunímis, ḱluníbʰis

Descendants

Proto-Balto-Slavic: *ślaunis (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Celtic: *klounis^[1]
- Proto-Brythonic: *klʉn
  - Middle Breton: clun
    - Breton: klun
  - Cornish: klun
  - Middle Welsh: clun
    - Welsh: clun
Proto-Germanic: *hlauniz^[2]
- Old Norse: hlaun
  - Norwegian: laun
>? Proto-Hellenic:^[3]
- Ancient Greek: κλόνις (klónis) (perhaps with contamination from κλόνος (klónos, “confusion, excitement”))
Proto-Italic: *klounis (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Indo-Iranian: *ćráwniš (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klowni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 209
^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hlauni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 229
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κλόνις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 717

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*klowni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 209

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*hlauni-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 229

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κλόνις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 717

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