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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kleuban
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kleubaną.
Verb
*kleuban
- to split, to cleave
Inflection
| Strong class 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | *kleuban | |
| 1st sg. past | *klaub | |
| 3rd pl. past | *klubun | |
| Past ptcple | *kloban | |
| Infinitive | *kleuban | |
| Genitive infin. | *kleubannjas | |
| Dative infin. | *kleubannjē | |
| Instrum. infin. | *kleubannju | |
| Indicative | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kleubu | *klaub |
| 2nd singular | *kliubiʀi | *klubī |
| 3rd singular | *kliubidi | *klaub |
| 1st plural | *kleubum | *klubum |
| 2nd plural | *kliubid | *klubud |
| 3rd plural | *kleuband | *klubun |
| Subjunctive | Present | Past |
| 1st singular | *kleubē | *klubī |
| 2nd singular | *kleubēs | *klubī |
| 3rd singular | *kleubē | *klubī |
| 1st plural | *kleubēm | *klubīm |
| 2nd plural | *kleubēþ | *klubīd |
| 3rd plural | *kleubēn | *klubīn |
| Imperative | Present | |
| Singular | *kleub | |
| Plural | *kliubid | |
| Present | Past | |
| Participle | *kleubandī | *kloban |
Descendants
- Old English: clēofan
- Middle English: cleven
- English: cleave
- Middle English: cleven
- Old Saxon: kliovan
- Middle Low German: klûven (with alternative present-tense vowel)
- Old Dutch: *clievan
- Middle Dutch: clieven
- Dutch: klieven
- Limburgish: kleive
- Middle Dutch: clieven
- Old High German: klioban
- Middle High German: klieben
- German: klieben
- Middle High German: klieben