cleine

== Middle Dutch == === Alternative forms === clêne, clein, cleen === Etymology === From Old Dutch cleini, from Proto-West Germanic *klaini, from Proto-Germanic *klainiz. === Adjective === cleine small short unimportant fine, finely ground ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: klein, kleen (dialectal)Afrikaans: kleinJersey Dutch: klāinNegerhollands: kleen, klenSkepi Creole Dutch: klenk Limburgish: klein === Further reading === “clene (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “cleine (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I