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        <title type="main">Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *klaiþą</title>
        <author>Scott K. Shay</author>
      </titleStmt>
      <publicationStmt>
        <publisher>Wardja Press</publisher>
        <date when="2026-10-02"/>
        <idno type="URL">https://protogermanic.org/pgmc_klaiþą</idno>
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        <p>Single-entry extract from the dictionary. Cross-references to other entries point to their identifiers in the full dictionary.</p>
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        <entry xml:id="pgmc_klaitha" type="noun" corresp="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klaiþą">
          <form type="lemma">
            <orth>klaiþą</orth>
            <pron notation="ipa">ˈklɑi̯.θɑ̃</pron>
            <form type="runic">
              <orth>ᚲᛚᚨᛁᚦᚨ</orth>
            </form>
          </form>
          <gramGrp>
            <pos>noun</pos>
            <gram type="gender">neuter</gram>
            <gram type="stem">a-stem</gram>
          </gramGrp>
          <sense n="1">
            <def>cloth</def>
          </sense>
          <etym>
            <seg type="p">Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *gleyt-, an extension of the root *gley- (‘to cling to, stick to, adhere’); however, the semantics are not particularly strong, as Kroonen notes, who leaves the origin open.</seg>
          </etym>
          <re type="paradigm">
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #nom">
              <orth>klaiþą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #nom">
              <orth>klaiþō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #acc">
              <orth>klaiþą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #acc">
              <orth>klaiþō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #gen">
              <orth>klaiþas, klaiþis</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #gen">
              <orth>klaiþǫ̂</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #dat">
              <orth>klaiþai</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #dat">
              <orth>klaiþamaz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #instr">
              <orth>klaiþō</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #instr">
              <orth>klaiþamiz</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#sg #voc">
              <orth>klaiþą</orth>
            </form>
            <form type="inflected" ana="#pl #voc">
              <orth>klaiþō</orth>
            </form>
          </re>
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                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>clāþ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>clath, cloth</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>cloth</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>clath, claith</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old English</lang>
                  <orth>clǣþ</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle English</lang>
                    <orth>clath, cloth</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>English</lang>
                      <orth>cloth</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Scots</lang>
                      <orth>clath, claith</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>klāth</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>klaid</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>Klood</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>klaad</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>klāth</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>klæði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Faroese</lang>
                      <orth>klæði</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                      <orth>klæði</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                      <orth>klæde, klede</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>klāth</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>klæði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                      <orth>klæthæ</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Danish</lang>
                        <orth>klæde</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                          <orth>klede, klær</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>klāth</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>klæði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>klæþi</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Swedish</lang>
                        <orth>kläde</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>klēth</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>North Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>klaid</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Saterland Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>Klood</orth>
                  </form>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                    <orth>klaad</orth>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>klēth</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>klæði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Faroese</lang>
                      <orth>klæði</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Icelandic</lang>
                      <orth>klæði</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Norwegian Nynorsk</lang>
                      <orth>klæde, klede</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>klēth</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>klæði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Danish</lang>
                      <orth>klæthæ</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Danish</lang>
                        <orth>klæde</orth>
                        <form type="descendant">
                          <lang>Norwegian Bokmål</lang>
                          <orth>klede, klær</orth>
                        </form>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Frisian</lang>
                  <orth>klēth</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Old Norse</lang>
                    <orth>klæði</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Old Swedish</lang>
                      <orth>klæþi</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>Swedish</lang>
                        <orth>kläde</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Saxon</lang>
                  <orth>*klēth</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Low German</lang>
                    <orth>klēt</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Low German</lang>
                      <orth>Kleid</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>German Low German</lang>
                        <orth>Kleed</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                  <orth>*klēt</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>cleet</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>kleed</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                        <orth>kleed</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old Dutch</lang>
                  <orth>*kleit</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle Dutch</lang>
                    <orth>cleet</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Dutch</lang>
                      <orth>kleed</orth>
                      <form type="descendant">
                        <lang>West Frisian</lang>
                        <orth>kleed</orth>
                      </form>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old High German</lang>
                  <orth>*kleid</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                    <orth>kleit</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Bavarian</lang>
                      <orth>Kladl</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>German</lang>
                      <orth>Kleid</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                      <orth>Kleed</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                      <orth>קלייד (kleyd)</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
              <item>
                <form type="descendant">
                  <lang>Old High German</lang>
                  <orth>chleit</orth>
                  <form type="descendant">
                    <lang>Middle High German</lang>
                    <orth>kleit</orth>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Bavarian</lang>
                      <orth>Kladl</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>German</lang>
                      <orth>Kleid</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Luxembourgish</lang>
                      <orth>Kleed</orth>
                    </form>
                    <form type="descendant">
                      <lang>Yiddish</lang>
                      <orth>קלייד (kleyd)</orth>
                    </form>
                  </form>
                </form>
              </item>
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