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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klōkaz

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

Of uncertain origin.[1] Possibly related to Old Irish glicc (shrewd, acute), Scots gleg (smart, quick), Ancient Greek καλχαίνω (kalkhaínō, to ponder), Middle English begalewen (to frighten, stupefy).[2][3]

Adjective

*klōkaz[4]

  1. strong, quick, smart

Inflection


Descendants

  • Old Saxon: *klōk
  • Old Dutch: *cluoc
    • Middle Dutch: cloec

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), klug”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
  2. MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), Proto-Germanic/klōkaz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page glic
  3. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), kloek2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  4. Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), kloek 2”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press: “pgm. *klōk-
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