Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kliuwīn

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

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Noun

*kliuwīn n[1]

ball, clump

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kliuwīn
Genitive	*kliuwīnas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kliuwīn	*kliuwīnu
Accusative	*kliuwīn	*kliuwīnu
Genitive	*kliuwīnas	*kliuwīnō
Dative	*kliuwīnē	*kliuwīnum
Instrumental	*kliuwīnu	*kliuwīnum

Descendants

Old English: clīewen
Old Saxon: kliuwin
Old Dutch: *cliuwin
- Middle Dutch: cluwen
  - Dutch: kluwen

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250: “PWGmc *kliuwīn”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250: “PWGmc *kliuwīn”