Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klewô

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

Alternative forms

• *klewwô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to conglomerate, amass; clump, ball, bale”).

Noun

*klewô m

1. clump, mass, ball, bale

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *klewô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klewô	*klewaniz
vocative	*klewô	*klewaniz
accusative	*klewanų	*klewanunz
genitive	*kliwiniz	*klewanǫ̂
dative	*kliwini	*klewammaz
instrumental	*kliwinē	*klewammiz

Derived terms

• *kliwwilą
• *kliwīną, *kliuwīną
  • Old English: clīewen (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Frisian: *kliwen
    • West Frisian: kleaune
  • Old Saxon: kleuwīn
    • Middle Low German: klūwen, klüwen
      • Low German: kluwe, klouwen
  • Old Dutch: *kliuwīn
    • Middle Dutch: cluwen, clouwen, cluen, clūwijn
      • Dutch: kluwen
  • Old High German: kliuwelīn
    • Middle High German: kliuwelīn ⇒ kniulin

Related terms

• *klewō
• *klōwō

Descendants

• Old High German: chliwa, chliuwa, kliuwa, kliuwi, kliwi, kliu, chliuwi
  • Middle High German: kliuwe ⇒ kliuwel
    • German: Kläuel, Kleuel
    • ⇒ Middle High German: kniuwel
      • Cimbrian: khnaul
      • German: Knauel, Knäuel
        • → English: knawel
• Old Norse: klé, kljár
  • Icelandic: klé, kljár