Where does “clayster” come from?

clayster (English) comes from English clay, from Middle English cley, from Old English clǣġ, from Proto-West Germanic klaij, from Proto-Germanic klajjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

clayster (English): A worker of clay

Definitions

  1. A worker of clay

Ancestry of “clayster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclayA mineral substance made up of small crystals of...
2Middle Englishcleyclay, plaster, or earth like clay; Any earth or...
3Old Englishclǣġclay
4Proto-West Germanicklaijclay
5Proto-Germanicklajjazclay
6Proto-Indo-European*gley-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →