Where does “cloudland” come from?

cloudland (English) comes from English cloud, from Middle English cloud, from Old English clūd, from Proto-West Germanic klūt, from Proto-Germanic klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos, from Indo-European *gel-.

cloudland (English): fantasy land, dreamland

Definitions

  1. fantasy land, dreamland

Ancestry of “cloudland”, step by step

cloudland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cloud

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcloudA rock; boulder; a hill; A visible mass of water...
2Middle EnglishcloudA small elevation; a hill; A clod, lump, or...
3Old Englishclūdmass of stone, rock, boulder, hill; rock, boulder
4Proto-West Germanicklūt—
5Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
6Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos—
7Indo-European*gel-—

via English Land

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLandThe part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water
2Middle EnglishlandAlternative form of lond; urine
3Old Englishhlandurine
4Proto-Germanichlandąurine
5Proto-Indo-Europeanklān-liquid, wet ground
Every word from Indo-European *gel- →