Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klūtaz

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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klūtaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *klutaz

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, from *gel- (“to ball up; amass; clench”). Compare Old Armenian կեղտ (kełt, “dirt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkluː.tɑz/

Noun

*klūtaz m

1. lump, clod
2. boulder, rock
3. hill

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *klūtaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klūtaz	*klūtōz, *klūtōs
vocative	*klūt	*klūtōz, *klūtōs
accusative	*klūtą	*klūtanz
genitive	*klūtas, *klūtis	*klūtǫ̂
dative	*klūtai	*klūtamaz
instrumental	*klūtō	*klūtamiz

Related terms

• *klautaz

Descendants

• Old English: clūd; clūt, clod, clodd
  • Middle English: clud, clude, clod, cloude, cloud; clot
    • Scots: clud, cloud
    • English: cloud; clout, clot, clod
• Old Saxon: *klūt
  • Middle Low German: klūt m; klūte m
    • Low German: Kluut, Kluute
• Old Dutch: *klūta
  • Middle Dutch: klute f
    • Dutch: kluit
• Old Norse: *klót
  • Icelandic: klót
  • Norwegian: klode
  • Swedish: klot
  • Danish: klode