Where does “klud” come from?

klud (Danish) comes from Old Norse klútr, from Old English clūt, from Proto-West Germanic klūt, from Proto-Germanic klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos, from Indo-European *gel-.

klud (Danish): rag; cloth

Definitions

  1. rag; cloth

Ancestry of “klud”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseklútrkerchief
2Old Englishclūta small piece of cloth or leather, rag, patch
3Proto-West Germanicklūt—
4Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
5Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos—
6Indo-European*gel-—

Words derived from “klud”

Every word from Indo-European *gel- →