Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/klāwos

This Proto-Italic 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-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“to close”).[1]

Adjective

*klāwos[1]

  1. capable of closing something

Inflection

Declension of *klāwos (o/ā-stem)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative *klāwos *klāwā *klāwom
vocative *klāwe *klāwa *klāwom
accusative *klāwom *klāwam *klāwom
genitive *klāwosjo, klāwī *klāwās *klāwosjo, klāwī
dative *klāwōi *klāwāi *klāwōi
ablative *klāwōd *klāwād *klāwōd
locative *klāwei *klāwāi *klāwei
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative *klāwōs, klāwoi *klāwās *klāwā
vocative *klāwōs, klāwoi *klāwās *klāwā
accusative *klāwons *klāwans *klāwā
genitive *klāwom *klāwāzōm *klāwom
dative *klāwois *klāwais *klāwois
ablative *klāwois *klāwais *klāwois
locative *klāwois *klāwais *klāwois

Reconstruction notes

This adjective is reconstructed by De Vaan to serve as a unified derivational base for the entire word family of Latin clāvus, clāva, clāvulus, clāvula etc., and Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌀𐌅𐌋𐌀𐌚 (klavlaf).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Latin: clāvus, clāva (see there for further descendants)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “clāvus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 119
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