Where does “cleit” come from?

cleit (Scottish Gaelic) comes from English cleat, from Middle English clete, from Old English clǣte.

cleit (Scottish Gaelic): feather

Definitions

  1. feather

Ancestry of “cleit”, step by step

cleit traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English cleat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcleatA strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely...
2Middle Englishcleteburdock; A cleat; a spike or angled strip; A ball...
3Old Englishclǣte

via Old Norse klettr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseklettrhill, crag, cliff; rock, stone
2Proto-Germanicklintazhill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanglend-shore

via Old Irish cleitte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcleitte
Every word from Old English clǣteEvery word from Middle English cleteEvery word from English cleat
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