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”

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