Where does “støvklut” come from?

støvklut (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål klut, from Old Norse klútr, from Old English clūt, from Proto-West Germanic klūt, from Proto-Germanic klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos, from Indo-European *gel-.

støvklut (Norwegian Bokmål): a duster, dust cloth

Definitions

  1. a duster, dust cloth

Ancestry of “støvklut”, step by step

støvklut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål klut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkluta cloth
2Old Norseklútrkerchief
3Old Englishclūta small piece of cloth or leather, rag, patch
4Proto-West Germanicklūt—
5Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
6Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos—
7Indo-European*gel-—

via Norwegian Bokmål støv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålstøvdust
2Middle Low Germanstof—
3Proto-Germanicstaubazdust
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
Every word from Indo-European *gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic klūtaz →