Where does “clutron” come from?

clutron (English) comes from English clue, from English clew, from Middle English clew, from Old English clēowen, from Proto-Germanic kliuwiną, from Proto-Indo-European glew-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

clutron (English): A cluon hypothetical particle of cluefulness

Definitions

  1. A cluon hypothetical particle of cluefulness

Ancestry of “clutron”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishclueA strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one...
2EnglishclewA roughly spherical mass or body; A ball of...
3Middle EnglishclewAlternative form of clewe
4Old Englishclēowen
5Proto-Germanickliuwiną
6Proto-Indo-Europeanglew-Alternative form of *gley-; to amass,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel-