Etymology Explorer › Old English

Where does “clāfre” come from?

clāfre (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic klaibrā, from Proto-West Germanic klaiwʀā, from Proto-West Germanic klaiw ~ klaiwiʀi.

Ancestry of “clāfre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicklaibrāclover
2Proto-West Germanicklaiwʀā—
3Proto-West Germanicklaiw ~ klaiwiʀi—

Words derived from “clāfre”

  • clover
  • cloverleaf
  • clovery
  • cloverlike
  • clovered
  • clovere
  • claver
  • 클로버
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