Where does “snowcloud” come from?

snowcloud (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-.

Ancestry of “snowcloud”, step by step

snowcloud 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 snow

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsnowThe frozen, crystalline state of water that falls...
2Middle Englishsnowsnow; snow-white; The temperature where snow...
3Old Englishsnāwsnow
4Proto-West Germanicsnaiwsnow
5Proto-Germanicsnaiwazsnow
6Proto-Indo-Europeansnóygʷʰossnow
7Proto-Indo-Europeansneygʷʰ-to snow
Every word from Indo-European *gel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gelewdosEvery word from Proto-Germanic klūtaz