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

Klinge (2.), f., ‘ravine,’ from MidHG. klinge, f., ‘mountain stream,’ OHG. chlinga, chlingo, m., ‘torrent’; like Klinge (1), a derivative of klingen.

klingeln, vb., ‘to ring,’ from MidHG. klingelen, OHG. chlingilôn, vb., ‘to sound, roar, splash,’ dimin. and frequent. of klingen.

klingen, vb., ‘to sound,’ from MidHG. klingen, OHG. chlingan, str. vb., ‘to sound, resound’; corresponding to Ic. klingja, ‘to ring.’ E. to clink has adopted the same final stem sound (k for g), which the subst. clank, connected with it by gradation (comp. Klang and klenken), has always had. The stem, like the derivative Klang (comp. also Klinge, Klinke, and klenken), is common to Teut., but on account of the non-permutation it cannot be cognate with Gr. κλαγγή, Lat. clangor. Both roots are independent onomatopoetic forms in each separate language.

Klinke, f., ‘latch,’ from MidHG. klinke, f., ‘bolt of a door’; allied to klingen.

Klinse, Klinze, f., ‘cleft,’ from MidHG. klinse, klimse, and with a different stage of gradation klunse, klumse, klumze, f., ‘slit’; OHG. *chlumuȥa, chlimuȥa, is wanting. Origin obscure.

Klippe, f., ‘cliff,’ from the equiv. MidHG. (Lower Rhen.) klippe, f., borrowed from MidDu. klippe; comp. Du. klip; allied to a Teut. root klib, as is shown by OIc. kleif, n., ‘cliffs’; comp. also AS. clif, n., E. cliff, OIc. klif, n., OSax. klif, OHG. klëb, n., all pointing to a Goth. *klif, klibis, n., ‘rock, hill’ They have been connected with Ic. klífa, vb., ‘to climb’ (see under kleiben), but on account of the prim. meaning ‘to cleave (to),’ this is scarcely satisfactory.

klippern, vb., ‘to click,’ ModHG. only, a recent onomatopoetic term.

klirren, vb., ‘to clash,’ ModHG. only, a recent onomatopoetic term.

Kloben, m., ‘log of wood, block, pulley,’ from MidHG. klobe, m., ‘log of wood with a slit to act as a vice, fetter, stick with a slit for catching birds, bolt, slit,’ &c.; OHG. chlobo, m., ‘stick for catching birds’; allied to klieben, MidHG. klieben, vb., ‘to split, cleave’ (comp. Bogen, allied to biegen). OLG. kloðo, m., ‘fetter’; OIc. klofe, m., ‘crevice in a rock, door joint’; Du. kloof, f., ‘slit, rift, cleft.’ Comp. Knoblauch.

klopfen, vb., ‘to knock,’ from MidHG. klopfen, OHG. chlopfôn, wk. vb., ‘to knock, rap’; Goth. *kluppôn is not warranted by corresponding forms in the other OTeut. dials.; comp. also Du. kloppen. Further, OHG. chlocchôn, MidHG. klocken, ‘to knock,’ which are not indubitably allied to klopfen. With the latter the cognates discussed under Klaff are connected by gradation, and these point to a Goth. *klappôn, ‘to strike.’

Kloster, m., ‘monastery,’ from the equiv. MidHG. and OHG. klôster, n., borrowed on the introduction of Christianity from MidLat. and Rom. claustrum (Ital. chiostro, Fr. cloître), ‘monastery’; comp. Klause.

Kloß, m., ‘clod, dumpling,’ from MidHG. klôȥ, m. and n., ‘lump, bulb, clew, bullet, pommel of a sword, wedge,’ OHG. chlôȥ, m., ‘ball, round mass, bowl (at play)’; corresponding to MidLG. klûte, Du. kloot, m., ‘bullet, ball.’ AS. *cleát, E. cleat, ‘wedge’ (Ic. klót, ‘pommel of a sword,’ has an abnormal ô for au, which indicates that the word has been borrowed, unless it is cognate with Lat. glâdius). Goth. *klauta- is wanting; the Teut. root klut appears also in the following word.

Klotz, m. and n., ‘block, log, stump,’ from MidHG. kloz (gen. klotzes), m. and n., ‘lump, bullet,’ hence equiv. to MidHG. klôȥ; AS. *clott, E. clot; we may therefore assume Goth. *klutta-, the relation of which to klauta-, mentioned under Kloß, is evident. In the non-Teut. languages the Teut. root klut (‘bale’?), adduced under Kloß, has not been definitely authenticated; a root glud appears in Lith. gludus, ‘clinging to,’ glausti, ‘to cling to.’

Klucke, Glucke, f., ‘clucking hen,’ from MidHG. klucke. f., ‘brood hen,’ allied to MidHG. and ModHG. klucken (glucken). Comp. AS. cloccian, E. to cluck, Du. klokken. The Teut. cognate, klukk, is of onomatopoetic origin; comp. the phonetic cognates, Lat. glôcîre, Gr. γλώζειν, ‘to cluck.’

Kluft, f., ‘chasm,’ from MidHG. kluft, f., ‘cleft, chasm, cave, vault, tongs,’ OHG. chluft, f., ‘tongs, shears,’ prop. ‘splitting’ (as a verbal abstract of the OTeut. kliuban, ‘to split,’ discussed under klieben). The tongs, as an instrument with a slit, is called dial. Kluft; comp. Kluppe. The MidHG. meaning ‘vault’ (crypta) seems to be due to a confusion of Kluft with the foreign word crypta (see Gruft). Goth. *klufti-, f.;