Where does “cloț” come from?

cloț (Romanian) comes from German Klotz, from Middle High German kloz, from Old High German kloz, from Proto-West Germanic klott, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

cloț (Romanian): broken brick

Definitions

  1. broken brick

Ancestry of “cloț”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKlotzblock
2Middle High Germanklozstump; ball
3Old High Germanklozstump; ball
4Proto-West Germanicklottclod, lump, ball
5Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic klott →Every word from Old High German kloz →