Where does “kløster” come from?

kløster (Old Swedish) comes from Latin claustrum, from Latin claudere, from Latin claudo, from Proto-Italic klaudō — close.

Ancestry of “kløster”, step by step

kløster traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin claustrum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinclaustruma bar, band, bolt; gate, door, bulwark; enclosure
2Latinclauderepresent active infinitive of claudō;...
3LatinclaudoI shut, close, lock; I imprison, confine; I...
4Proto-Italicklaudōclose

via Old Norse klaustr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseklaustr—

Words derived from “kløster”

Every word from Proto-Italic klaudō →Every word from Latin claudo →Every word from Latin claudere →