Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱléyteh₂

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *ḱley- (“to lean, slope”) +‎ *-teh₂.

Adjective

*ḱléyteh₂ f

something leaning, sloped, inclined

Inflection

Thematic in *-eh₂
	singular
nominative	*ḱléyteh₂
genitive	*ḱléyteh₂s
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*ḱléyteh₂	*ḱléyteh₂h₁(e)	*ḱléyteh₂es
vocative	*ḱléyteh₂	*ḱléyteh₂h₁(e)	*ḱléyteh₂es
accusative	*ḱléytām	*ḱléyteh₂h₁(e)	*ḱléyteh₂m̥s
genitive	*ḱléyteh₂s	*?	*ḱléyteh₂oHom
ablative	*ḱléyteh₂s	*?	*ḱléyteh₂mos
dative	*ḱléyteh₂ey	*?	*ḱléyteh₂mos
locative	ḱléyteh₂, ḱléyteh₂i	*?	*ḱléyteh₂su
instrumental	*ḱléyteh₂h₁	*?	*ḱléyteh₂bʰi

Descendants

Celtic: *klētā (“palisade, hurdle”)
- Brythonic: *kluɨt
  - Middle Breton: cloet, kloued, klwed
  - Old Cornish: cluit
  - Middle Welsh: clwyd
- Middle Irish: cliath
Germanic: *hlīdō (“slope, incline”)
- Old Saxon: *hlīda
  - Middle Low German: *lîd, *lît
    - ⇒ Middle Low German: lîtkōp
- Old High German: hlīta, līta
  - Middle High German: līte
    - German: Leite
- Old Norse: hlíð
  - Danish: lid, lide, li
  - Faroese: líð
  - Icelandic: hlíð
  - Norwegian Bokmål: li
  - Norwegian Nynorsk: li
  - Old Swedish: liþ
    - Swedish: lid, li
Indo-Iranian: *ĉráytaH
- Iranian: *ĉráytaH
  - Middle Persian: [script needed] (srat, “ladder”)
    - Persian: سرت‎ (sart, “ladder”) (dialectal)