Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klankijaną

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From *klinganą +‎ *-janą. A variant of *klangijaną that arose due to the influence of an unattested iterative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑŋ.ki.jɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*klankijaną

1. to make stick, to make cling

Inflection

Conjugation of *klankijaną (weak class 1)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*klankijō	*klankijaų	—	*klankijai	?
2nd singular	*klankīsi	*klankijais	*klankī	*klankijasai	*klankijaisau
3rd singular	*klankīþi	*klankijai	*klankijaþau	*klankijaþai	*klankijaiþau
1st dual	*klankijōs	*klankijaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*klankijaþiz	*klankijaiþiz	*klankijaþiz	—	—
1st plural	*klankijamaz	*klankijaim	—	*klankijanþai	*klankijainþau
2nd plural	*klankīþ	*klankijaiþ	*klankīþ	*klankijanþai	*klankijainþau
3rd plural	*klankijanþi	*klankijain	*klankijanþau	*klankijanþai	*klankijainþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*klankidǭ	*klankidēdį̄
2nd singular	*klankidēz	*klankidēdīz
3rd singular	*klankidē	*klankidēdī
1st dual	*klankidēdū	*klankidēdīw
2nd dual	*klankidēdudiz	*klankidēdīdiz
1st plural	*klankidēdum	*klankidēdīm
2nd plural	*klankidēdud	*klankidēdīd
3rd plural	*klankidēdun	*klankidēdīn
	present	past
participles	*klankijandz	*klankidaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *klankijan
  • Old English: *clenċan
    • Middle English: clenchen
      • English: clench, clinch
    • ⇒ Old English: beclencan
  • Old High German: klenken