kleen
Central Franconian
/kleːn/
adjective
Definitions
- (Ripuarian) little; small
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German kleini (small) 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
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
浄
Emoji
Timeline
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
- klein Middle High German
- kleine Middle High German
- kleine, klein Middle High German
- kleng Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *klainisōną gmw-pro
- cleini Old Dutch
- klēni Old Saxon
- glee Pennsylvania German
- kleen Hunsrik