Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klīþþu

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

Alternation of *-þ- ~ *-þþ- suggests Proto-Germanic *klīþō ~ *kliþþaz,[1] possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gléy-t-ō ~ *gli-t-né-s, from *gley- (“to stick, glue”) +‎ *-t- +‎ *-ō.

Noun

*klīþþu f[2]

burdock, clotbur

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*klīþþu
Genitive	*klīþþā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klīþþu	*klīþþō
Accusative	*klīþþā	*klīþþā
Genitive	*klīþþā	*klīþþō
Dative	*klīþþē	*klīþþōm
Instrumental	*klīþþu	*klīþþōm

Alternative reconstructions

*klīþu, *kliþþō, *klitu, *klittu, *klitt, *klītu, *klidu[1]

Descendants

Old English: cliþe
- Middle English: clete, clyte, cleyt, clett
  - English: clithe (obsolete)
Old Saxon: kledda, kledtha f, kleddo m
- Middle Low German: klette
  - German Low German:
    Westphalian:
    Sauerländisch (Niedersfeld, Felbecke, Attendorn), South Westphalian (Dortmund), Westmünsterländisch: Klette
    Sauerländisch: Kliäte, Klaite (Brilon), Klädde (Wenden)
Old Dutch: *kletta
- Middle Dutch: clesse, clisse, clitte, clette f
  - Middle Dutch: klis, klit
Old High German: kletta f, kletto m
- Middle High German: klete
  - German: Klette, Kleise

References

Kroonen, Guus, The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, 2011, →ISBN, page 235: “*klīþō, *klittaz”
Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann, The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *[halʲlʲu]”

[Kroonen-1] Kroonen, Guus, The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, 2011, →ISBN, page 235: “*klīþō, *klittaz”

[2] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann, The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *[halʲlʲu]”