Where does “clūt” come from?

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

clūt (Old English): a small piece of cloth or leather, rag, patch

Definitions

  1. a small piece of cloth or leather, rag, patch

Ancestry of “clūt”, step by step

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

Words derived from “clūt”

Every word from Indo-European *gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gelewdos →Every word from Proto-Germanic klūtaz →