kleini
Old High German
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *klainiz (“brilliantly bright, fine, elegant”) (compare Old English clǣne), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick, smudge”).
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *klainī. Consists of kleini (“small”) + -ī.
Alternative forms
- chlainī, chlæinī, chleinī, cleine, clēnī, khleinī
Declension
Declension of kleinī (īn-stem)
case | singular | plural |
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nominative | kleinī | — |
accusative | kleinī | — |
genitive | kleinī | — |
dative | kleinī | — |
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