Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klagu
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This Proto-West 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-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown;[1][2] compared to the descendants of Proto-Indo-Iranian *garȷ́ʰ- (“to complain”) (from Proto-Indo-European *g(w)eRǵh-[3]) but the schwebeablaut makes this questionable. Bjorvand/Lindeman assume an onomatopoeic origin.[4]
Noun[edit]
*klagu f
Inflection[edit]
| ō-stem | ||
|---|---|---|
| Singular | ||
| Nominative | *klagu | |
| Genitive | *klagā | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | *klagu | *klagō |
| Accusative | *klagā | *klagā |
| Genitive | *klagā | *klagō |
| Dative | *klagē | *klagōm, *klagum |
| Instrumental | *klagu | *klagōm, *klagum |
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “klagen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “klago”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
- ^ Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 187
- ^ “Proto-West Germanic/klagu”, in: Bjorvand & Lindeman, Våre arveord, rev. ed. Oslo, 2007.