Where does “clod” come from?

clod (Middle English) comes from Middle English clot, from Old English clott, from Proto-Germanic klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos, from Indo-European *gel-.

clod (Middle English): A clod; a ball of earth or clay; A clot or clump...

Definitions

  1. A clod; a ball of earth or clay; A clot or clump...

Ancestry of “clod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishclotA clod; a ball of earth or clay; The ground; the...
2Old Englishclottround mass, lump
3Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
4Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos—
5Indo-European*gel-—

Words derived from “clod”

Every word from Indo-European *gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic klūtaz →
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