Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klott

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 presumed Proto-Germanic *kluttaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; amass; clench”). Compare Lithuanian gludùs (“smooth, soft”);^[1] within West Germanic, compare *klūt (from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz) as well as *klaut (from *klautaz).

Noun

*klott m^[1]

clod, lump, ball

Declension

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*klott
Genitive	*klottas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klott	klottō, klottōs
Accusative	*klott	*klottā
Genitive	*klottas	*klottō
Dative	*klottē	*klottum
Instrumental	*klottu	*klottum

Descendants

Old English: clot, clott; *clod (in clod-hamer)
- Middle English: clot, clotte; clod
  - English: clot; clod
  - Scots: clod
Old Saxon: *klott, *klot
- Middle Low German: klot
  - >? German Low German: Klatt
Old High German: kloz, chloz
- Middle High German: kloz, klotz
  - Alemannic German: Chlotz, Glotz
  - German: Klotz
    - → Polish: kloc
    - → Lithuanian: klucus
  - Luxembourgish: Klatz
  - Yiddish: קלאָץ (klots)
    - → English: klutz
  - → Middle Low German: klotz
    - Plautdietsch: Klotz

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kluttaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 217

[HGE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Vladimir Orel (2003) “*kluttaz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 217

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