Where does “clǣðan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “clǣðan”, step by step

clǣðan 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- →