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 earlier *kluttaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; amass; clench”). Compare related *klūt, from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz.

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