cleini

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klaini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz.

Adjective

cleini

1. small

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: cleine, clêne
  • Dutch: klein
    • Afrikaans: klein
    • Jersey Dutch: klāin
    • Negerhollands: kleen, klen
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: klenk
  • Limburgish: klein

Further reading

• “klēni”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012