Where does “clāðian” come from?

clāðian (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic klaiþōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

Ancestry of “clāðian”, step by step

clāðian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic klaiþōną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklaiþōnąto clothe
2Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

via Proto-Germanic klaiþijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklaiþijanąto clothe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley- →Every word from Proto-Germanic klaiþōną →