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Where does “cleading” come from?

cleading (English) comes from Scots cleding, from Middle English clething, from Middle English clethe, from Old English clǣþ, from Proto-Germanic klaiþą, from Proto-Indo-European gleyt-, from Proto-Indo-European gley-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

cleading (English): A jacket or outer covering to prevent radiation...

Definitions

  1. A jacket or outer covering to prevent radiation...

Ancestry of “cleading”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotscleding—
2Middle EnglishclethingAn item or items of clothes; something to be...
3Middle EnglishcletheCloth; fabric, especially when used for covering...
4Old Englishclǣþ—
5Proto-Germanicklaiþącloth
6Proto-Indo-Europeangleyt-to cling to, cleave, stick
7Proto-Indo-Europeangley-to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick...
8Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
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