Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klinganą
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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Pre-Germanic *glengʰ- (“sound”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gal-, *gelH- (“to call, sound”) (compare *golH-s- (“voice, cry”)), the root whence also *kalzōną, and/or ultimately onomatopoeic.
Verb[edit]
*klinganą[1]
- to sound
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *klinganą (strong class 3)
Derived terms[edit]
- >? *klinkō
- Proto-West Germanic: *klinku (see there for further descendants)
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: *clincan
- Old Frisian: klinga
- Old Saxon: *klingan
- Old Dutch: *clingan
- Old High German: klingan
- Old Norse: klingja
Etymology 2[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”). Originally regular verb assimilated into strong verb class 3.
Verb[edit]
- to adhere to, cling to
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *klinganą (strong class 3)
Related terms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Old English: clingan
- German Low German: klingen, klinken
- Old Dutch: *clingan
- Old High German: klingan
- Middle High German: klingen
- Danish: klinke
References[edit]
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klingan- ~ *klinkan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klingan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*klenʒanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 216