Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klenan

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 *klinaną (“to glue, stick, spread, smear”), with the verb re-analysed as a Class 5 strong verb. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y- (“to glue, stick”).

Verb

*klenan

  1. to stick, glue
  2. to smear

Inflection

Strong class 5
Infinitive *klenan
1st sg. past *klan
3rd pl. past *klānun
Past ptcple *klenan
Infinitive *klenan
Genitive infin. *klenannjas
Dative infin. *klenannjē
Instrum. infin. *klenannju
Indicative Present Past
1st singular *klenu *klan
2nd singular *kliniʀi *klānī
3rd singular *klinidi *klan
1st plural *klenum *klānum
2nd plural *klinid *klānud
3rd plural *klenand *klānun
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular *klenē *klānī
2nd singular *klenēs *klānī
3rd singular *klenē *klānī
1st plural *klenēm *klānīm
2nd plural *klenēþ *klānīd
3rd plural *klenēn *klānīn
Imperative Present
Singular *klin
Plural *klinid
Present Past
Participle *klenandī *klenan

Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *klenan
    • ⇒ Old Saxon: biklenan (“to spread, stain”)
  • Old High German: klenan
    • Middle High German: klenen
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