Where does “clot” come from?

clot (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic klott, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

Ancestry of “clot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicklottclod, lump, ball
2Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “clot

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel-