Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klawjaną

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This Proto-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-Germanic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From a Proto-Indo-European root *glew-, from a base *gel- (“to make round, clench”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

*klawjaną[1]

  1. to claw or scratch

Inflection[edit]

Conjugation of *klawjaną (strong class 6 j-present)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *klawjō *klawjaų — *klawjai ?
2nd singular *klawisi *klawjais *klawi *klawjasai *klawjaisau
3rd singular *klawiþi *klawjai *klawjaþau *klawjaþai *klawjaiþau
1st dual *klawjōs *klawjaiw — — —
2nd dual *klawjaþiz *klawjaiþiz *klawjaþiz — —
1st plural *klawjamaz *klawjaim — *klawjanþai *klawjainþau
2nd plural *klawiþ *klawjaiþ *klawiþ *klawjanþai *klawjainþau
3rd plural *klawjanþi *klawjain *klawjanþau *klawjanþai *klawjainþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *klōw *klōwį̄
2nd singular *klōwt *klōwīz
3rd singular *klōw *klōwī
1st dual *klōwū *klōwīw
2nd dual *klōwudiz *klōwīdiz
1st plural *klōwum *klōwīm
2nd plural *klōwud *klōwīd
3rd plural *klōwun *klōwīn
present past
participles *klawjandz *klawanaz

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klawō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 292: “*klaujan-”
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