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Kli  a derivative of (from the ringing sound made by the sword on the helmet).

 (2.),, ‘ravine,’ from klinge, , ‘mountain stream,’  chlinga, chlingo, , ‘torrent’; like  (1), a derivative of.  ,, ‘to ring,’ from klingelen,  chlingilôn, , ‘to sound, roar, splash,’  and  of. ,, ‘to sound,’ from klingen,  chlingan,  , ‘to sound, resound’; corresponding to  klingja, ‘to ring.’  to clink has adopted the same final stem sound (k for g), which the  clank, connected with it by gradation (  and ), has always had. The stem, like the derivative ( also, , and ), is common to , but on account of the non-permutation it cannot be cognate with  κλαγγή,  clangor. Both roots are independent onomatopoetic forms in each separate language.  ,, ‘latch,’ from klinke, , ‘bolt of a door’; allied to.   ', ',, ‘cleft,’ from klinse, klimse, and with a different stage of gradation klunse, klumse, klumze, , ‘slit’;  *chlumuȥa, chlimuȥa, is wanting. Origin obscure.   ,, ‘cliff,’ from the   klippe, , borrowed from  klippe;   klip; allied to a  root klib, as is shown by  kleif, , ‘cliffs’;  also  clif, ,  cliff,  klif, ,  klif,  klëb, , all pointing to a  *klif, klibis, , ‘rock, hill’ They have been connected with  klífa, , ‘to climb’ (see under ), but on account of the  meaning ‘to cleave (to),’ this is scarcely satisfactory.  ,, ‘to click,’ only, a recent onomatopoetic term. ,, ‘to clash,’ only, a recent onomatopoetic term.  ,, ‘log of wood, block, pulley,’ from klobe, , ‘log of wood with a slit to act as a vice, fetter, stick with a slit for catching birds, bolt, slit,’ &c.;  chlobo, , ‘stick for catching birds’; allied to ,  klieben, , ‘to split, cleave’ ( , allied to ). kloðo,, ‘fetter’; klofe, , ‘crevice in a rock, door joint’;  kloof, , ‘slit, rift, cleft.’.  ,, ‘to knock,’ from klopfen,  chlopfôn,  , ‘to knock, rap’;  *kluppôn is not warranted by corresponding forms in the other  ;  also  kloppen. Further, chlocchôn,  klocken, ‘to knock,’ which are not indubitably allied to. With the latter the cognates discussed under are connected by gradation, and these point to a  *klappôn, ‘to strike.’  ,, ‘monastery,’ from the  and  klôster, , borrowed on the introduction of Christianity from  and  claustrum ( chiostro,  cloître), ‘monastery’;.   ,, ‘clod, dumpling,’ from klôȥ,  and , ‘lump, bulb, clew, bullet, pommel of a sword, wedge,’  chlôȥ, , ‘ball, round mass, bowl (at play)’; corresponding to  klûte,  kloot, , ‘bullet, ball.’  *cleát,  cleat, ‘wedge’ ( klót, ‘pommel of a sword,’ has an abnormal ô for au, which indicates that the word has been borrowed, unless it is cognate with  glâdius). *klauta- is wanting; the root klut appears also in the following word.   , and, ‘block, log, stump,’ from  kloz ( klotzes),  and , ‘lump, bullet,’ hence  to  klôȥ;  *clott,  clot; we may therefore assume  *klutta-, the relation of which to klauta-, mentioned under , is evident. In the non- languages the root klut (‘bale’?), adduced under, has not been definitely authenticated; a root glud appears in  gludus, ‘clinging to,’ glausti, ‘to cling to.’ <section end="Klotz" /> <section begin="Klucke" /> ', ',, ‘clucking hen,’ from klucke. , ‘brood hen,’ allied to and  klucken (glucken). cloccian, to cluck,  klokken. The cognate, klukk, is of onomatopoetic origin;  the phonetic cognates,  glôcîre,  γλώζειν, ‘to cluck.’ <section end="Klucke" /> <section begin="Kluft" /> ,, ‘chasm,’ from kluft, , ‘cleft, chasm, cave, vault, tongs,’  chluft, , ‘tongs, shears,’  ‘splitting’ (as a verbal abstract of the  kliuban, ‘to split,’ discussed under ). The tongs, as an instrument with a slit, is called ;. The meaning ‘vault’ (crypta) seems to be due to a confusion of  with the foreign word crypta (see ). *klufti-, ;<section end="Kluft" />