Where does “clyster” come from?

clyster (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic klus-.

clyster (Old English): cluster, bunch, branch

Definitions

  1. cluster, bunch, branch

Ancestry of “clyster”, step by step

clyster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic klus-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklus-—

via Proto-Germanic klas-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklas-to clump, lump together
Every word from Proto-Germanic klus- →