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'''Proto-Clofabic''' is the reconstructed ancestor of all historical and modern Clofabic languages. Proto-Clofabic morphology cannot be reconstructed with confidence, as Old Clofabosin had an analytic morphology with postpositions and verb particles.
 
(Out-of-universe note: IE coincidence is OK but not required.)
== Lexicon ==
== Lexicon ==
* ''ḱlew-'' 'fame' → ''clo-'', ''clorovir'' 'big'
* PClo ''klew'' (n) 'fame', ''klewro'' (v) 'famous' → OClo ''cljō, cljōro'' → ModClo ''clọ-'', ''clọrovir'' 'big'
* PClo ''isum'' (postp) 'including, up to' → ModClo ''-ium''
* MClo ''ub'' 'subjunctive; narrative past' → -ib in tinib, -mab from -ium-ub
* PClo ''spo'' (v) 'to eat'
* PClo ''sī'' (v) 'to do' (→ ModClo -si- with umlaut in some verbs)
* PClo ''kaw'' (v) 'to work'
* PClo ''akti'' (v) 'sun, day'

Latest revision as of 01:17, 5 May 2023

Proto-Clofabic is the reconstructed ancestor of all historical and modern Clofabic languages. Proto-Clofabic morphology cannot be reconstructed with confidence, as Old Clofabosin had an analytic morphology with postpositions and verb particles.

(Out-of-universe note: IE coincidence is OK but not required.)

Lexicon

  • PClo klew (n) 'fame', klewro (v) 'famous' → OClo cljō, cljōro → ModClo clọ-, clọrovir 'big'
  • PClo isum (postp) 'including, up to' → ModClo -ium
  • MClo ub 'subjunctive; narrative past' → -ib in tinib, -mab from -ium-ub
  • PClo spo (v) 'to eat'
  • PClo (v) 'to do' (→ ModClo -si- with umlaut in some verbs)
  • PClo kaw (v) 'to work'
  • PClo akti (v) 'sun, day'