Where does “Klause” come from?
Klause (German) comes from Latin clausus, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.
Klause (German): hermitage
Ancestry of “Klause”, step by step
Klause traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin clausus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | clausus | closed, inaccessible; having been closed;... |
| 2 | Latin | claudere | present active infinitive of claudō;... |
| 3 | Latin | claudo | I shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | klaudō | close |
via Middle High German klūse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | klūse | hermitage, cell |
| 2 | Old High German | klūsa | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *klūsā | — |
| 4 | Latin | clūsa | — |