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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klobu

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

Related to *kleuban (“to split, cleave”).

Noun

*klobu f

clove of garlic
bulb (of a plant), tuber

Inflection

ō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*klobu
Genitive	*klobā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*klobu	*klobō
Accusative	*klobā	*klobā
Genitive	*klobā	*klobō
Dative	*klobē	klobōm, klobum
Instrumental	*klobu	klobōm, klobum

Derived terms

*klobulauk

Descendants

Old English: clofu, clufu
- Middle English: clove, clof, clowe
  - English: clove
  - Scots: clow

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