Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klaiþą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gleyt-, from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to cling to, stick to, adhere”).

Noun

*klaiþą n

cloth

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *klaiþą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klaiþą	*klaiþō
vocative	*klaiþą	*klaiþō
accusative	*klaiþą	*klaiþō
genitive	klaiþas, klaiþis	*klaiþǫ̂
dative	*klaiþai	*klaiþamaz
instrumental	*klaiþō	*klaiþamiz

Derived terms

*klaiþijaną
*klaiþōną

Descendants

Old English: clāþ, (clǣþ)
- Middle English: clath, cloth
  - Scots: clath, claith
  - English: cloth
Old Frisian: klāth, klēth
- North Frisian: klaid
- Saterland Frisian: Klood
- West Frisian: klaad
- Old Norse: klæði
  - Icelandic: klæði
  - Faroese: klæði
  - Old Swedish: klæþi
    - Swedish: kläde
  - Old Danish: klæthæ
    - Danish: klæde
Old Saxon: *klēth
- Middle Low German: klēt
  - German Low German: Kleed
Old Dutch: *klēt, *kleit
- Middle Dutch: cleet
  - Dutch: kleed (also kleren from an older plural)
    - West Frisian: kleed
Old High German: *kleid, chleit
- Middle High German: kleit
  - German: Kleid
  - Luxembourgish: Kleed

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