Where does “cloudy” come from?
Cloudy comes from Old English clūdiġ, meaning to cover or obscure, from which the sense of sky covered with clouds developed.
cloudy (English): Covered with or characterised by clouds;...
Definitions
- Covered with or characterised by clouds;...
Ancestry of “cloudy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | cloudy | Covered with or characterised by clouds; clouded;... |
| 2 | Old English | clūdiġ | stony, rocky |
| 3 | Old English | clūd | mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill; rock, boulder |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | klūt | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klūtaz | lump, clod; boulder, rock; hill |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gelewdos | — |
| 7 | Indo-European | *gel- | — |