Where does “klæða” come from?

klæða (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse klæða, from Old English clāþian, from Proto-Germanic klaiþōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

klæða (Icelandic): to dress, clothe; indefinite genitive plural of...

Definitions

  1. to dress, clothe; indefinite genitive plural of...

Ancestry of “klæða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseklæða
2Old Englishclāþianto clothe
3Proto-Germanicklaiþōnąto clothe
4Proto-Indo-European*gley-

Words derived from “klæða

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley-Every word from Proto-Germanic klaiþōnąEvery word from Old English clāþian