Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klibēn

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klibjaną.

Verb

*klibēn

to stick, to adhere

Inflection

Class 3 weak
Infinitive	*klibēn
Infinitive	*klibēn
Genitive infin.	*klibēnijas
Dative infin.	*klibēnijē
Instrum. infin.	*klibēniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*klibē	*klib?dā
2nd singular	*klibēs	klib?dēs, klib?dēs
3rd singular	*klibēþ	klib?dē, klib?dā
1st plural	*klibēm	*klib?dum
2nd plural	*klibēþ	*klib?dud
3rd plural	*klibēnþ	*klib?dun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*klibē	*klib?dī
2nd singular	*klibēs	*klib?dī
3rd singular	*klibē	*klib?dī
1st plural	*klibēm	*klib?dīm
2nd plural	*klibēþ	*klib?dīd
3rd plural	*klibēn	*klib?dīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*klibē
Plural	*klibēþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*klibēndī	*klib?d

Descendants

Old English: clifian, cleofian
- Middle English: clivien, cleovien, clevien, cleven
  - Scots: cleve, cleif
  - English: cleave
Old Saxon: klibōn, klivōn, *klevōn
- Middle Low German: klēven
  - Low German: kliven
Old Dutch: clivon
- Middle Dutch: cleven
  - Dutch: kleven
Old High German: klebēn, chlebēn; (Central German also) *klevōn (attested as clevōne, clivōda)
- Middle High German: kleben
  - German: kleben
    - → Danish: klæbe
    - → Swedish: klibba
  - Luxembourgish: kliewen