Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled. · Of metal, having relatively few impurities. · Not muscular due to steroid use. · Free of contamination, (unwanted) germs, infection, or disease.
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *klainī Old English clǣne Middle English clene English clean From Middle English clene, from Old English clāne, clǣne (“clean; pure; clear”), from Proto-West Germanic *klainī (“dainty, fine, small; clean”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *glēy- (“gleaming”), from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to gleam”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German chlei, chli, chlii, chly, klei (“small”), Bavarian gloa, kla, klaa, kloa, kloan (“small; young; insignificant”), Central Franconian and Low German kleen (“small”), Cimbrian khlòan, khlumma (“small”), Dutch and German klein (“small”), Limburgish klein, kléïn (“small”), Luxembourgish kleng (“small”), Mòcheno khloa'n (“small”), Vilamovian klin (“small”), Yiddish קליין (kleyn, “small”), Danish klejn (“delicate, tiny”), Faroese klænur (“slight, slim, thin”), Icelandic klénn (“feeble, poor; indisposed; short; lame; good, pretty, snug”), Norwegian Bokmål klein, klen (“slender; sick; feeble; bad, poor, weak; inept”), Swedish klen (“weak”).
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- Inherited-form mentioncleneenm
- Inherited-form mentionclāneang
- Inherited-form mention*klainīgmw-pro · dainty, fine, small; clean
- Derivation mention*glēy-ine-pro · gleaming
- Derivation mention*gel-ine-pro · to gleam
- Cognate mentionchleigsw
- Cognate mentiongloabar
- Cognate mentionkhlòancim
- Cognate mentionkleinli
- Cognate mentionklenglb · small
- Cognate mentionkhloa'nmhn · small
- Cognate mentionklinwym · small
- Cognate mentionקלייןyi · small
- Cognate mentionklejnda · delicate, tiny
- Cognate mentionklænurfo · slight, slim, thin
- Cognate mentionklénnis · feeble, poor; indisposed; short; lame; good, pretty, snug
- Cognate mentionkleinnb
- Cognate mentionklensv · weak
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