Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klīrik

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

Borrowed from Latin clēricus.

Noun

*klīrik m[1]

cleric

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klīrik	klīrikō, klīrikōs
Accusative	*klīrik	*klīrikā
Genitive	*klīrikas	*klīrikō
Dative	*klīrikē	*klīrikum
Instrumental	*klīriku	*klīrikum

Descendants

Old English: clīroc
Old High German: klīrih

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *klīrik”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 135: “PWGmc *klīrik”