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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kluftiz
Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From *kleubaną + *-þiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkluɸ.tiz/
Noun
*kluftiz f
- (act of) splitting
Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *kluftiz (i-stem) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | *kluftiz | *kluftīz | |
vocative | *klufti | *kluftīz | |
accusative | *kluftį | *kluftinz | |
genitive | *kluftīz | *kluftijǫ̂ | |
dative | *kluftī | *kluftimaz | |
instrumental | *kluftī | *kluftimiz |
Descendants
- Old English: ġeclyft
- Middle English: clift
- English: cleft
- Middle English: clift
- Old Frisian: kleft
- Old Saxon: *kluft
- Middle Low German: kluft
- Plautdietsch: Kluft
- Middle Low German: kluft
- Old Dutch: *kluft
- Middle Dutch: kluft, klucht
- Dutch: klucht
- Middle Dutch: kluft, klucht
- Old High German: kluft
- German: Kluft
- Old Norse: kluft, *klyft (possibly from Middle Low German)
- Faroese: kluft
- Norwegian: kløft, kluft
- Old Swedish: klyft (late Old Swedish)
- Swedish: klyft, klyfta
- Danish: kløft, klyft, kløfte
References
- klyfta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
- “kløft” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog