Re: kludge

> >http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kludgy (clumsy, Danish kluntet,
> >klodset etc)
>
> Compared to LG Kluten/Klüten, Dansk kluntet gets an additional -n-.
>

Not in my analysis.
It's *kl-aNt(-s)-, with 'a/u ablaut' from the nasal a (aN).
Non-standard, of course.

Sw klantig "clumsy",
Da kluns "rags", "Klamotten"
Da klunser "rag picker"
Da klunker pl. "tassels; testicles"

So German Klotz loses the nasalisation.


Torsten