kleen
Low German
adjective
Definitions
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German kleine 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
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
浄
Emoji
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
- houseclean English
- hyperclean English
- lick clean English
- misclean English
- nonclean English
- overclean English
- preclean English
- reclean English
- superclean English
- ultraclean English
- unclean English
- clenodium Latin
- clean German
- klein German
- klein Dutch, Flemish
- kleinburgerlijk Dutch, Flemish
- kleindochter Dutch, Flemish
- kleingeestig Dutch, Flemish
- kleingeld Dutch, Flemish
- kleinhandel Dutch, Flemish
- kleinigheid Dutch, Flemish
- kleinkind Dutch, Flemish
- kleinkunst Dutch, Flemish
- kleinoogrog Dutch, Flemish
- kleinscheeps Dutch, Flemish
- kleinvee Dutch, Flemish
- kleinzerig Dutch, Flemish
- kleinzielig Dutch, Flemish
- kleinzoon Dutch, Flemish
- *g(e)lēi- Proto-Indo-European
- *gleh₁y- Proto-Indo-European
- *gley- Proto-Indo-European
- *glēy- Proto-Indo-European
- *klainiz Proto-Germanic
- クリーン Japanese
- clæne Old English
- clǣne Old English
- clene Middle English
- klénn Old Norse
- clean Danish
- cleine Middle Dutch
- kleini Old High German
- klein Afrikaans
- *klainisōną gmw-pro
- cleini Old Dutch
- kleine Middle Low German
- klēni Old Saxon
- klin Tok Pisin
- klinim Tok Pisin
- krin Sranan Tongo