Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klīþþu

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

*klīþþu f[2]

  1. burdock, clotbur

Inflection[edit]

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

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

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

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 235: “*klīþō, *klittaz”
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 52: “PWGmc *[halʲlʲu]”
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