Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klawō

This Proto-Germanic 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-Germanic

Etymology

From *klawjaną, from a Proto-Indo-European root *g(e)l-eu-, from a base *gel- (“to make round, clench”).

Noun

*klawō f

claw

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *klawō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*klawō	*klawôz
vocative	*klawō	*klawôz
accusative	*klawǭ	*klawōz
genitive	*klawōz	*klawǫ̂
dative	*klawōi	*klawōmaz
instrumental	*klawō	*klawōmiz

Descendants

Old English: clawu
- Middle English: clawe, claw
  - Scots: claw, clau
  - English: claw
Old Frisian: klawe, kle
- Saterland Frisian: Klaue
- West Frisian: klau, kloer
Old Saxon: klawa
- Middle Low German: klowe, kla
  - Low German: Klau
Old Dutch: *klawa
- Middle Dutch: klawe, klauwe
  - Dutch: klauw
    - Afrikaans: klou
Old High German: klawa
- Middle High German: klawe
  - German: Klaue
  - Luxembourgish: Klo
Old Norse: kló
- Icelandic: kló
- Faroese: klógv
- Norwegian:
  - Bokmål: klo
  - Nynorsk: klo
- Old Swedish: klō
  - Swedish: klo
- Old Danish: klo
  - Danish: klo
- Gutnish: klau

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