Where does “klei” come from?

klei (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic klaij, from Proto-Germanic klajjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

Ancestry of “klei”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicklaijclay
2Proto-Germanicklajjazclay
3Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

Words derived from “klei”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic klajjaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic klaij →
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