Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ḱlew-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

From *ḱel- (“to incline”).

Root

*ḱlew- (perfective)

1. to hear

Extensions

• *ḱlews-

Derived terms

► Terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlew-

• *ḱléw-t ~ *ḱl̥w-ént (athematic root aorist)
• *ḱléw-ye-ti
  • Hellenic: *kleyyō
    • Ancient Greek: κλείω (kleíō), κλέω (kléō)
• *ḱlu-yé-ti
  • Hellenic: *kluyō
    • Ancient Greek: κλύω (klúō)
• *ḱl̥-né-w-ti ~ *ḱl̥-n-w-énti (nasal-infix present)
• *ḱe-ḱlów-e ~ *ḱe-ḱl̥w-ḗr (stative)
• *ḱl̥w-éh₁-ti (éh₁-stative)
  • Balto-Slavic: [Term?]
    • Latvian: sluvêt
  • Indo-Iranian: *ćr̥wáHti
    • Iranian: *cr̥wáHti
      • Avestan: 𐬯𐬭𐬎𐬌𐬌𐬉‎ (sruiiē)
  • Italic: *kluēō (“to be known”)
    • Latin: clueō
  • Messapic: [Term?] (klaohi /klauhi/, “listen, hear”)
  • Albanian: quaj (“to be called, to be known”) (from earlier *kluaj)
• *ḱlow-éye-ti (causative)
  • Indo-Iranian: *ćrāwáyati
    • Indo-Aryan: *śrāwáyati
      • Sanskrit: श्रावयति (śrāváyati)
    • Iranian: *crāwáyati
      • Younger Avestan: 𐬯𐬭𐬁𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (srāuuaiieⁱti)
• *ḱléw-mn̥ ~ *ḱlu-mén-s
  • Germanic: *hleumô (“hearing”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Indo-Iranian: *ćráwma
    • Iranian: *cráwma
      • Avestan: 𐬯𐬭𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀𐬥‎ (sraoman, “hearing”)
• *ḱléw-mn̥-to-
  • Germanic: *hleumundaz (see there for further descendants)
  • Indo-Iranian: *ćráwmatam
    • Indo-Aryan: *śráwmatam
      • Sanskrit: श्रोमत (śrómata, “good fame”)
• *ḱléw-os ~ *ḱléw-es-os (see there for further descendants)
• *ḱlew-ēs (< **ḱlew-es-s)
  • Hellenic: *kléwēs
    • Ancient Greek: -κλέης (-kléēs, “fame, glory”), -κλῆς (-klês), used in Greek male given names, such as Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês), Περικλῆς (Periklês)
• *ḱlow-so-s
  • Balto-Slavic: *ślaušás
    • Slavic: *sluxъ (“hearing, rumor”) (see there for further descendants)
• *ḱlú-ti-s
  • Indo-Iranian: *ćrútiš
    • Indo-Aryan: *śrútiṣ
      • Sanskrit: श्रुति (śrúti, “hearing, listening”)
• *ḱlu-tó-s (“heard, famous”)
• *ḱlew-eto-s
  • Hellenic:
    • Ancient Greek: κλειτός (kleitós)
• *ḱléw-tro-m
  • Germanic: *hleuþrą (“noise”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Indo-Iranian: *ćráwtram
    • Indo-Aryan: *śráwtram
      • Sanskrit: श्रोत्र (śrótra, “ear”)
• *ḱlu-n-s-
  • Old Armenian: լսեմ (lsem)
• *ḱlu-s-r-
  • Old Armenian: լուռ (luṙ)
• *ḱlow-steh₂
  • Celtic: [Term?]
    • Old Irish: clúas (“ear”)
• *ḱlow-ro- or *ḱlu-ro-
  • Old Armenian: լուր (lur)
• *ḱlēw-
  • Slavic: *slava (“fame”) (see there for further descendants)
• Unsorted formations:
  • Balto-Slavic:
    • Lithuanian: klausyti (“to listen”)
    • Slavic: *slyšati (“to hear”) (see there for further descendants)
    • Slavic: *slušati (“to listen”)
    • Slavic: *slynǫti, *slyti (“to have a reputation”)
  • Celtic: *klusīti
    • Breton: klevout (“to hear”)
    • Welsh: clywed (“to hear”)
  • Germanic: *hlusjaną, *hlusinōną (“to hear, listen”) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Kluge, Friedrich (1989) , “Leumund, laut”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN