klénn
Icelandic
/ˈkʰljɛtn/
adj
Definitions
- poor, feeble
- indisposed, under the weather
- short
- poor, lame
- (dated) pretty, snug, good
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse klénn (puny, snug, little) derived from Proto-Germanic *klainiz (shining, tender, fine, splendid, precious, splended, clear, brilliantly bright, clean, pure, elegant) derived from Proto-Indo-European *g(e)lēi- (gleaming), *gel- (cold, form into a ball, ball, gleam, ball up, freeze, be cold, amass, clench, round, swollen).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gel-
Gloss
cold, form into a ball, ball, gleam, ball up, freeze, be cold, amass, clench, round, swollen
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
冷, 寒
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clean English
- clean-shaved English
- cleanability English
- cleanable English
- cleanaholic English
- cleaner English
- cleanest English
- cleaneth English
- cleanish English
- cleanly English
- cleanness English
- cleanroom English
- cleanshaven English
- cleanskin English
- cleantech English
- cleanth English
- cleanup English
- cool English
- gelid English
- houseclean English
- hyperclean English
- jello English
- lick clean English
- misclean English
- nonclean English
- overclean English
- preclean English
- reclean English
- superclean English
- ultraclean English
- unclean English
- clenodium Latin
- congelare Latin
- galla Latin
- gelare Latin
- gelata, gelatus Latin
- gelatus Latin
- gelicidium Latin
- gelidus Latin
- gelo Latin
- gelo, gelō, gelāre Latin
- gelu Latin
- gelāre Latin
- gelāta Latin
- gelātus Latin
- gelō, gelāre Latin
- gelū Latin
- glacies Latin
- glaciālis Latin
- glaciāre Latin
- glaciātus Latin
- glaciēs Latin
- glaeba Latin
- glarea Latin
- globus Latin
- glomus Latin
- clean German
- klein German
- congelatore Italian
- gelatina Italian
- ghiacciato Italian
- ghiaccio Italian
- ghiacciolo Italian
- glaciologia Italian
- gel Dutch, Flemish
- koud Dutch, Flemish
- glace French
- glacis French
- γαγγλίον Ancient Greek
- *g(e)lēi- Proto-Indo-European
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gelewdos Proto-Indo-European
- *gleh₁y- Proto-Indo-European
- *glem- Proto-Indo-European
- *gley- Proto-Indo-European
- *glēy- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵr̥h₂-nóm, *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- *kalaną Proto-Germanic
- *kaldaz Proto-Germanic
- *kaldį̄ Proto-Germanic
- *kaliz Proto-Germanic
- *klainisōną Proto-Germanic
- *klainiz Proto-Germanic
- *klūtaz Proto-Germanic
- *kolbô Proto-Germanic
- *kulba(n)- Proto-Germanic
- *kōlaz Proto-Germanic
- *kōliz Proto-Germanic
- *kōluz Proto-Germanic
- クリーン Japanese
- clæne Old English
- clǣne Old English
- शरद Sanskrit
- शीतल Sanskrit
- clene Middle English
- jǫkulkaldr Old Norse
- kala Old Norse
- klénn Old Norse
- clean Danish
- *xoldьnъ Proto-Slavic
- kleini Old High German
- קאַלט Yiddish
- *klainisōną gmw-pro
- *klott gmw-pro
- cleini Old Dutch
- *külmä Proto-Finnic
- klēni Old Saxon
- sar Northern Kurdish
- klin Tok Pisin
- klinim Tok Pisin
- koold Saterland Frisian
- krin Sranan Tongo