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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klintaz
Proto-Germanic
Alternative forms
- *kluntaz
Etymology
Uncertain; hypothetically from Proto-Indo-European *glendos (“shore”), but the only cognate is Proto-Celtic *glendos (“valley”) (along with its descendants). They are alternatively suggested to be of shared substrate origin. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Noun
*klintaz m
- hill
- Synonyms: *brinkaz, *haugaz, *hlaiwą, *hulliz, *klūtaz
Inflection
masculine a-stemDeclension of *klintaz (masculine a-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *klintaz | *klintōz, *klintōs | |
vocative | *klint | *klintōz, *klintōs | |
accusative | *klintą | *klintanz | |
genitive | *klintas, *klintis | *klintǫ̂ | |
dative | *klintai | *klintamaz | |
instrumental | *klintō | *klintamiz |
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *klint
- Old Saxon:
- Middle Low German:
- German Low German: Klint
- Middle Low German:
- Old Saxon:
- Old Norse: klettr
- Danish: klit
- Faroese: klettur
- Icelandic: klettur
- Norwegian: klett
- Swedish: klätt
References
- Jürgen Udolph: Namenkundliche Studien zum Germanenproblem. 1994.