*klebô

Runic: ᚲᛚᛖᛒᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈkle.βɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

  1. an apartment, a separate room or space
  2. a compartment, closet

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Traditionally considered a borrowing from Latin clībanus (‘baking vessel; oven’), with semantic development "oven" > "heatable room", though this is semantically doubtful. Note that a relation to *kleubaną (‘to split, cleave’) is semantically appealing, though phonetically difficult.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.klebôklebaniz
Acc.klebanųklebanunz
Gen.klibinizklebanǫ̂
Dat.klibiniklebammaz
Inst.klibinēklebammiz
Voc.klebôklebaniz

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Descendants

  • cleofa (Old English)
    • cleve (Middle English)
      • cleve (English)
  • cleafa (Old English)
    • cleve (Middle English)
      • cleve (English)
  • klefi (Old Norse)
    • klivi (Faroese)
    • klefi (Icelandic)
    • kleve (Norwegian)
    • klaivie (Scots)
  • klifi (Old Norse)
    • klivi (Faroese)
    • klefi (Icelandic)
    • kleve (Norwegian)
    • klaivie (Scots)

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