Where does “cloude” come from?

cloude (Middle English) comes 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-.

cloude (Middle English): Alternative form of cloud

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of cloud

Ancestry of “cloude”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcloudA small elevation; a hill; A clod, lump, or...
2Old Englishclūdmass of stone, rock, boulder, hill; rock, boulder
3Proto-West Germanicklūt—
4Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
5Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos—
6Indo-European*gel-—
Every word from Indo-European *gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic klūtaz →