Where does “kläder” come from?

kläder (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish klædhe, from Old Norse klæði, from Old Frisian klāth, from Proto-Germanic klaiþą, from Proto-Indo-European gleyt-, from Proto-Indo-European gley-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

kläder (Swedish): clothes, garments, items of clothing

Definitions

  1. clothes, garments, items of clothing

Ancestry of “kläder”, step by step

kläder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish klædhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishklædhe—
2Old Norseklæði—
3Old Frisianklāthcloth
4Proto-Germanicklaiþącloth
5Proto-Indo-Europeangleyt-to cling to, cleave, stick
6Proto-Indo-Europeangley-to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

via Swedish klä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkläto clothe, to dress, to wear; to decorate
2Swedishklädato dress; now commonly contracted to "klä"
3Old Swedishklæþato dress
4Old Norseklæða—
5Old Englishclāþianto clothe
6Proto-Germanicklaiþōnąto clothe
7Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

Words derived from “kläder”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gley- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gleyt- →