Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klakōną

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

Alternative forms

• *klakkōną

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *glag- (“to make a noise, chatter, chirp”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (“to roop, scream, shout”).

Verb

*klakōną

1. to clap, clack
2. to chirp, tweet, twitter

Inflection

Conjugation of *klakōną (weak class 2)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*klakō	*klakǭ	—	*klakōi	?
2nd singular	*klakōsi	*klakōs	*klakō	*klakōsai	*klakōsau
3rd singular	*klakōþi	*klakō	*klakōþau	*klakōþai	*klakōþau
1st dual	*klakōs	*klakōw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*klakōþiz	*klakōþiz	*klakōþiz	—	—
1st plural	*klakōmaz	*klakōm	—	*klakōnþai	*klakōnþau
2nd plural	*klakōþ	*klakōþ	*klakōþ	*klakōnþai	*klakōnþau
3rd plural	*klakōnþi	*klakōn	*klakōnþau	*klakōnþai	*klakōnþau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*klakōdǭ	*klakōdēdį̄
2nd singular	*klakōdēz	*klakōdēdīz
3rd singular	*klakōdē	*klakōdēdī
1st dual	*klakōdēdū	*klakōdēdīw
2nd dual	*klakōdēdudiz	*klakōdēdīdiz
1st plural	*klakōdēdum	*klakōdēdīm
2nd plural	*klakōdēdud	*klakōdēdīd
3rd plural	*klakōdēdun	*klakōdēdīn
	present	past
participles	*klakōndz	*klakōdaz

Related terms

• *klakaz/*klakkaz
• *klakatjaną/*klakkatjaną
• *klakjaną
• *klakō

Descendants

• Old English: *clacian
  • Middle English: claken, clakken, clacken
    • Scots: clake, claik
    • English: clack
• Old Saxon: *klakōn
  • Middle Low German: klacken
    • Low German: klakken
• Old Dutch: *klakon
  • Middle Dutch: klacken
    • Dutch: klakken
    • → Old French: clacquer, claquer
      • Middle French: claquer
        • French: claquer
• Old High German: klahhazzen, klahhezzen, klachazzen, klachezzen
• Old Norse: klaka
  • Icelandic: klaka
  • Norwegian: klakka