kleine
Middle Low German
/klɛɪnə/
adjective
Definitions
- small, little
- narrow, thin
- minor, unimportant
- fine, delicate
- few, little
Etymology
Inherited from Old Saxon klēni inherited from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (shining, tender, fine, splendid, precious, splended, clear, brilliantly bright, clean, pure, elegant).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*klainiz
Gloss
shining, tender, fine, splendid, precious, splended, clear, brilliantly bright, clean, pure, elegant
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
浄
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clenodium Latin
- klein German
- *g(e)lēi- Proto-Indo-European
- *gleh₁y- Proto-Indo-European
- *gley- Proto-Indo-European
- *glēy- Proto-Indo-European
- *klainiz Proto-Germanic
- clæne Old English
- clǣne Old English
- klénn Old Norse
- kleini Old High German
- *klainisōną gmw-pro
- cleini Old Dutch
- klēni Old Saxon
- kleen Low German