Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kluftiz

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

Etymology

From *kleubaną +‎ *-þiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkluɸ.tiz/

Noun

*kluftiz f

1. (act of) splitting

Inflection

i-stemDeclension of *kluftiz (i-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kluftiz	*kluftīz
vocative	*klufti	*kluftīz
accusative	*kluftį	*kluftinz
genitive	*kluftīz	*kluftijǫ̂
dative	*kluftī	*kluftimaz
instrumental	*kluftī	*kluftimiz

Descendants

• Old English: ġeclyft
  • Middle English: clift
    • English: cleft
• Old Frisian: kleft
• Old Saxon: *kluft
  • Middle Low German: kluft
    • Plautdietsch: Kluft
• Old Dutch: *kluft
  • Middle Dutch: kluft, klucht
    • Dutch: klucht
• Old High German: kluft
  • German: Kluft
• Old Norse: kluft, *klyft (possibly from Middle Low German)
  • Faroese: kluft
  • Icelandic: kluft
  • Norwegian: kløft, kluft
  • Old Swedish: klyft (late Old Swedish)
    • Swedish: klyft, klyfta
  • Danish: kløft, klyft, kløfte

References

• klyfta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• “kløft” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog