Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sleutaną
Proto-Germanic
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editFrom Proto-Indo-European *(s)klewd- (“to lock”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“nail, hook, pin, key”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel- (“to crook, bend”). Cognate with Latin clāvis (“key, bar, bolt”), Latin claudō (“close”), Lithuanian kliudyti (“to hamper, obstruct”), Old Irish cló (“nail”).
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editConjugation of *sleutaną (strong class 2)
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edit- Proto-West Germanic: *sleutan
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*sleutan- ~ *slūtan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*sleutanan ~ *slūtanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 350