Comparative evidence

ḱlei̯

• Lat. -clīnō -āre ‘tilt’ (OLD: 869)

• Lat. cliēns -ntis, m. ‘a client’, ‘dependant’, ‘vassal’ (OLD: 336)

References

OLD = Glare, P. G. W. 1968. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.