Where does “cloudwashed” come from?

cloudwashed (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-.

cloudwashed (English): Swept by or enshrouded in clouds

Definitions

  1. Swept by or enshrouded in clouds

Ancestry of “cloudwashed”, step by step

cloudwashed 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 washed

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishwashedsimple past tense and past participle of wash
Every word from Indo-European *gel-