Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klautaz

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

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *glowdos (“clump, clod”), from *gel- (“to ball up; amass”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklɑu̯.tɑz/

Noun

*klautaz m

ball, lump
knob, block, cleat

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *klautaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klautaz	klautōz, klautōs
vocative	*klaut	klautōz, klautōs
accusative	*klautą	*klautanz
genitive	klautas, klautis	*klautǫ̂
dative	*klautai	*klautamaz
instrumental	*klautō	*klautamiz

Related terms

*klūtaz

Descendants

Old English: *clēat, clēot
- Middle English: clete, clyte, clote
  - Scots: clat, clete, clett, claitt; cloot, clute, cluit, clitt
  - English: cleat; clate
Old Frisian: klāt
- (Saterland Frisian: Klüüte?)
- West Frisian: kleat
Old Saxon: *klōt
- Middle Low German: klôt m
  - German Low German: Kloot
    - → German: Klöten
  - → Old Norse: klót n
    - Icelandic: klót n
    - Norwegian: klot n, klode m
    - Swedish: klot n
    - Danish: klode n
Old Dutch: *klout, *klōt
- Middle Dutch: cloet, cloot
  - Dutch: kloot
    - → West Frisian: kloat
Old High German: klōz, chlōz
- Middle High German: klōz
  - German: Kloß
    - → Polish: kluska
  - Hunsrik: Klos

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