Where does “cloud” come from?

cloud (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish -ad, from Proto-Celtic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

cloud (Old Irish): subduing

Definitions

  1. subduing

Ancestry of “cloud”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-adsuffix forming verbal nouns; suffix forming the...
2Proto-Celtic-tusForms action nouns from verb stems
3Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Old Irish -ad →Every word from Proto-Celtic -tus →
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