Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klinku

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

Apparently from Proto-Germanic *klinganą, but whether in the sense ‘to sound’ or the sense ‘to adhere’ is uncertain.

Noun

*klinku f

latch, door handle

Declension

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*klinku
Genitive	*klinkā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klinku	*klinkō
Accusative	*klinkā	*klinkā
Genitive	*klinkā	*klinkō
Dative	*klinkē	*klinkōm
Instrumental	*klinku	*klinkōm

Descendants

Old Saxon: *klinka
- Middle Low German: klinke
Old Dutch: *klinka
- Middle Dutch: clinke
  - Dutch: klink
Old High German: *klinka
- Middle High German: klinke
  - German: Klinke
→ Old French: clinke, clenche, clike, clique, cliche
- Middle French: clenche, clenque, clinque
  - French: clenche, (dialectical) clanche
- Walloon: cliche
- → Hungarian: kilincs