Where does “Kleidung” come from?

Kleidung (German) comes from Middle High German kleidunge, from Middle High German kleiden, from Proto-Germanic klaiþōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

Kleidung (German): clothing; apparel; clothes

Definitions

  1. clothing; apparel; clothes

Ancestry of “Kleidung”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankleidunge—
2Middle High Germankleidento clothe
3Proto-Germanicklaiþōnąto clothe
4Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

Words derived from “Kleidung”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic klaiþōną →Every word from Middle High German kleiden →