Reconstruction:Old English/clopp

This Old English 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.

Old English

Alternative forms

• *clop, *clapp, *clap

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klopp, *klapp, from Proto-Germanic *kluppaz, *klappaz (“something balled up or round”), from Proto-Germanic *klappaz (“made into a ball, round”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”). Cognate with Middle High German klupf, klapf ("rock, cliff, cliff top"; dialectal German Klapf). Related also to Old Norse klǫpp (“pierlike rock, stepping stone in a stream”), whence Icelandic klöpp (“rock mass, flat rock”), from Proto-Germanic *klampō. Compare also Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“clump, mass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klopp/, [klop]

Noun

*clopp m

1. a knoll, hill; rock

Declension

Declension of *clopp (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	*clopp	*cloppas
accusative	*clopp	*cloppas
genitive	*cloppes	*cloppa
dative	*cloppe	*cloppum

Related terms

• clymppe / clympre

Descendants

• ⇒ Middle English: Clopton (“Clapton”)
  • English: Clapton