Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klāu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klēwō.

Noun

*klāu f[1]

  1. claw

Inflection

wō-stem
Singular
Nominative *klāu
Genitive *klāwā
Singular Plural
Nominative *klāu *klāwō
Accusative *klāwā *klāwā
Genitive *klāwā *klāwō
Dative *klāwē *klāwōm, *klāum
Instrumental *klāu *klāwōm, *klāum

Descendants

  • Old English: clēa, clāwu
  • Old Frisian: klē, klēwe
  • Old Saxon: clāwa
    • Middle Low German: klauwe
  • Old Dutch: clāwa, *clā
  • Old High German: klāwa

References

  1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 150: “PWGmc *klāu, pl. *klāwō”
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