Where does “clæg” come from?

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

clæg (Old English): clay

Definitions

  1. clay

Ancestry of “clæg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicklaijclay
2Proto-Germanicklajjazclay
3Proto-Indo-European*gley-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic klajjaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic klaij →