Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klaibrā

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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]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • *klaibʀā

Etymology[edit]

Unknown; suggested to be from earlier *klaiwʀā, in which the sequence *-wʀ- developed into *-bʀ-, syncopated from an original z-stem *klaiw ~ *klaiwiʀi[1],[2] whence a-stem *klaiw, perhaps of substrate origin[3].

Noun[edit]

*klaibrā f

  1. clover
    Synonym: *klaiw

Inflection[edit]

ōn-stem
Singular
Nominative *klaibrā
Genitive *klaibrōn
Singular Plural
Nominative *klaibrā *klaibrōn
Accusative *klaibrōn *klaibrōn
Genitive *klaibrōn *klaibrōnō
Dative *klaibrōn *klaibrōm, *klaibrum
Instrumental *klaibrōn *klaibrōm, *klaibrum

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Van den Berg, B. (1954) “De namen van de klaver”, in Nomina Geographica Neerlandica, volume 14, number 1
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klaiwiz-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 291-292
  3. ^ Schrijver, Peter (1997) “Animal, vegetable and mineral: some Western European substratum words”, in Lubotsky, A., editor, Sound Law and Analogy‎[1], Amsterdam/Atlanta, pages 293–316
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