Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klauwjan

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

From Proto-Germanic *klawjaną.

Verb

*klauwjan

to claw or scratch

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

*klawēn

Descendants

Old English: clawan; clāwan, *clēn (strong class 7)
- Middle English: clawen, cleen
  - English: claw
  - Scots: claw
Old Saxon: *clawōn
- Middle Low German: klâwen
Old Dutch: *clōien, *clouen
- Middle Dutch: clôyen, clooien, clouwen
  - Dutch: klooien, klauwen (remodelled after the noun, or from West Germanic *klawēn)
Old High German: klawjan
- Middle High German: kleuen, klæwen
  - German: kläuen (dialectal or obsolete), klauen (remodelled after the noun, or from West Germanic *klawēn)

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