From: Torsten
Message: 68279
Date: 2011-12-24
> > >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.
>
--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
>
> Is "clot" somehow involved in all this? Sorry if this was addressed
> before and I missed it
Probably. Those loans from Venetic get somewhat loose around the edges.
Torsten