Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klewô

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

Alternative forms

*klewwô

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to conglomerate, amass; clump, ball, bale”).

Noun

*klewô m

clump, mass, ball, bale

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *klewô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klewô	*klewaniz
vocative	*klewô	*klewaniz
accusative	*klewanų	*klewanunz
genitive	*kliwiniz	*klewanǫ̂
dative	*kliwini	*klewammaz
instrumental	*kliwinē	*klewammiz

Derived terms

*kliwwilą
*kliwīną

Descendants

Old English: cliwen, cliewen, cleowen; clyne
- Middle English: clewe, clowe
  - Scots: clew, clue, cloo
  - English: clew, clue
Old Frisian: *kliwen
- West Frisian: kleaune
Old Saxon: kleuwīn
- Middle Low German: klūwen, klüwen
  - Low German: kluwe, klouwen
Old Dutch: *kliuwīn
- Middle Dutch: cluwen, clouwen, cluen, clūwijn
  - Dutch: kluwen
Old High German: chliwa, chliuwa, kliuwa, kliuwi, kliwi, kliu; chliuwi; kliuwelīn
- Middle High German: kliuwe; kliuwel, kliuwelīn, kniuwel, kniulin
  - German: Kläuel, Kleuel, Knäuel
    - Danish: nøgle
Old Norse: klé

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