claw
English
/klɔː/, /klɔ/, /klɑ/
noun
Definitions
- A curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird.
- A foot equipped with such.
- The pincer (chela) of a crustacean or other arthropod.
- A mechanical device resembling a claw, used for gripping or lifting.
- (botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.
- (juggling) The act of catching a ball overhand.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English clawe inherited from Old English clawu inherited from Proto-Germanic *klawō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*klawō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ravenclaw English
- back English
- beclaw English
- bed English
- cat English
- catclaw English
- claw hammer English
- clawback English
- clawbed English
- clawer English
- clawest English
- claweth English
- clawfoot English
- clawfooted English
- clawful English
- clawhand English
- clawless English
- clawlessness English
- clawlike English
- clawsome English
- clawy English
- cley English
- cleystaff English
- declaw English
- foot English
- footed English
- foreclaw English
- hammer English
- hand English
- long English
- longclaw English
- raven English
- Klaue German
- enklauw Dutch, Flemish
- klauw Dutch, Flemish
- klauwen Dutch, Flemish
- klauwier Dutch, Flemish
- klauwkikker Dutch, Flemish
- *klawō Proto-Germanic
- klo Swedish
- klo Norwegian Nynorsk
- clawu Old English
- clēa Old English
- clawe Middle English
- clawen Middle English
- cle Middle English
- kló Old Norse
- bjørneklo Danish
- fugleklo Danish
- gribeklo Danish
- hummerklo Danish
- hundeklo Danish
- katteklo Danish
- klo Danish
- klosaks Danish
- krabbeklo Danish
- krebseklo Danish
- løveklo Danish
- ræveklo Danish
- ugleklo Danish
- ørneklo Danish
- clauwe Middle Dutch
- klawa Old High German
- klāwa Old High German
- klou Afrikaans
- klawe Middle High German
- Klo Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- רייבנקלו Hebrew (modern)
- *klawa Old Dutch