klēg-, klōg-, klǝg-, klang-; kleg-; klōg-; kleig-; kleik-

    klēg-, klōg-, klǝg-, klang-; kleg-; klōg-; kleig-; kleik-

    English meaning: to cry; to sound

    Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schreien, klingen”

    Note: various extensions of Schallwortes kel-6 “call, shout, cry”

    Material: 1. Gk. κλαγγή f. “KIang, Getöse, woozy din, fuss, noise”, κλάζω “ clink, sound, esp. from wirrem Getös; erschallen lassen” (*κλαγγι̯ω; κλάγξω, ἔκλαγον, κέκλαγγα, κεκληγώς); full grade κλώζω (κλωγι̯ω) ‘schnalze, cry”, κλωγμός “Glucken”; Lat. clangō, -ere “clash (Trompete); cry, krächze (from birds)”, clangor “Vogelschrei”; O.Ice. hlakka (= Lat. clangō) “cry (eagle), jubilate “; O.E. hlacerian “ deride “; O.Fris. hlakkia “lachen”; Lith. klage ́ti, Ltv. kladzêt “ gaggle, cackle, chitchat, talk, snicker “; with ē̆: Ltv. klę̃gât “cry”, Lith. klege ́ti “loud lachen”; ĭ-forms: Lith. suklìgo “er schrie auf”, Ltv. klidzêt “cry as ein hawk”, klìedzu, klìegt, Iter. klaĩgât “cry” (Leskien abl. 275, Mũhlenbach-Endzelin II 231 f.). ŭ-form: Lith. kluge ́ti “glucksen”; 2. with auslautender Tenuis: Gk. κλώσσω “glucke” (late, perhaps rather back-formation from κλωγμός); M.Ir. clocc m., Welsh etc. cloch f. “bell”; die wellspring from Ger. Glocke etc. is M.Lat.- rom.clocca “bell”; Goth. hlahjan (hlōh), O.H.G. (etc.) lahhēn, lahhan “lachen”, hlahtar n. “ laughter, laughter “, O.E. hleahtor “ laughter, jubilation, lust”, O.Fris. hlackia “lachen”, Kaus. O.Ice. hlø̄ gia “zum Lachenbringen”, Goth. ufhlōhjan “auflachen make”; O.Ice. hlǣ ja “lachen”, O.E. hliehhan ds.; R.C.S. klegъtati, klekъtati “cry, esp. of eagle”, O.Bulg. klьčьtъ “Zähneklappern” (etc., s. Berneker 511), O.Bulg. klokoštǫ , -otati “glucken, gaggle, cackle, chitchat, talk, snicker “ (etc., Berneker 521). ī̆-forms: O.E. hlīgan “to give a reputation for (wisdom); attribute to”, hlīsa, hligsa “account, shout, call, fame”, M.Du. līen bе-līen, līhen ‘say, melden”, Dutch belijden, O.Fris. hlīa “melden, bekennen”; Lith. klinkù klìkti ‘sudden pfeifend aufkreischen”; ablaut. klykiù, klỹkti “ screech, shriek, scream, squawk, cackle, croak, yell “; R.C.S. kliknuti “aufschreien”, Iterat. O.C.S. klicati “call, shout, cry”, klikъ “clamor” (etc., Berneker 519). Similar to onomatopoeic words are, with anlaut. g-: Lat. glōciō, -īre “glucken”, M.H.G. klukken, O.E. cloccian ds.; O.Ice. klaka “babble”, Eng. clack “rattle, Klappern; Mũhglöckchen”, M.H.G. Klechel, Kleckel “Glockenschwengel”; with anlaut. k-: Church Slavic klъcati “knock”, Lith. klukše ́ ti “glucken”; Reimworte bietet die onomatopoeic words ker-1 S. 567 f.

    References: WP. I 496 f., WH. 227 f., 606, Trautmann 136.