Where does “clough” come from?

clough (English) comes from Middle English clough, from Old English clōh, from Proto-Germanic klanh- — cleft, sluice, abyss.

clough (English): A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine,...

Definitions

  1. A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine,...

Ancestry of “clough”, step by step

clough traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English clough

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcloughA narrow valley; a ravine
2Old Englishclōh—
3Proto-Germanicklanh-cleft, sluice, abyss

via English cloff

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcloffAn allowance of two pounds in every three...
2Latincloppuslame, limping
Every word from Proto-Germanic klanh- →Every word from Old English clōh →Every word from Middle English clough →