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Where does “clubbyd” come from?

clubbyd (Middle English) comes from Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba, from Proto-Germanic klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European glemb-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

clubbyd (Middle English): rounded, bumped; resembling a club; thick,...

Definitions

  1. rounded, bumped; resembling a club; thick,...

Ancestry of “clubbyd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishclubbeAn club or baton; A clump or lump; a pile
2Old Norseklubbacudgel
3Proto-Germanicklumpôclasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglemb-log, block
5Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “clubbyd”

  • clubbed
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