Where does “clotter” come from?

clotter (English) comes from English clot, from Middle English clot, from Old English clott, from Proto-Germanic klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos, from Indo-European *gel-.

clotter (English): To concrete into lumps; to clot

Definitions

  1. To concrete into lumps; to clot

Ancestry of “clotter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclotA thrombus, solidified mass of blood; A...
2Middle EnglishclotA clod; a ball of earth or clay; The ground; the...
3Old Englishclottround mass, lump
4Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
5Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos—
6Indo-European*gel-—
Every word from Indo-European *gel- →