English
Klausner
Klausner comes from German Klausner ‘hermit, someone living in a secluded place’, from Latin clausus ‘closed’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-‘to close something’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudō‘to close’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudō‘to shut, close’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEclausus‘closed’
- Germanc. 1650–presentKlause‘hermitage’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentKlausner‘hermit, someone living in a secluded place’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kleh₂w-‘to close something’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*klaudō‘to close’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclaudō‘to shut, close’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEclausus‘closed’
- Germanc. 1650–presentKlause‘hermitage’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentKlausner‘hermit, someone living in a secluded place’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- ‘to close something’
include, cataract, conclave, subclavian, 28 more
through Proto-Italic *klaudō ‘to close’
through Latin claudō ‘to shut, close’
exclusive, conclusion, closet, closure, conclude, inclusion, disclose, inclusive, exclude, preclude, enclose, recluse, sluice, occlusion, cloister, claustrophobia, 28 more
through Latin clausus ‘closed’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- / Klausner