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Where does “clūd” come from?

clūd (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic klūt, from Proto-Germanic klūtaz, from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos, from Indo-European *gel-.

clūd (Old English): mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill; rock, boulder

Definitions

  1. mass of stone, rock, boulder, hill; rock, boulder

Ancestry of “clūd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicklūt—
2Proto-Germanicklūtazlump, clod; boulder, rock; hill
3Proto-Indo-Europeangelewdos—
4Indo-European*gel-—

Words derived from “clūd”

  • cloud
  • clod
  • thundercloud
  • cloudburst
  • cloudland
  • cloudlike
  • becloud
  • clodhopper
  • cloudlet
  • cloddy
  • overcloud
  • cloudberry
  • cloddish
  • stormcloud
  • dustcloud
  • cloudscape
  • raincloud
  • clodpole
  • uncloud
  • clodpate
  • cloudbuster
  • intracloud
  • cloudfree
  • cloudcapt
Every word from Indo-European *gel- →