Where does “קלאָץ” come from?

קלאָץ (Yiddish) comes 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.

קלאָץ (Yiddish): wooden beam

Definitions

  1. wooden beam

Ancestry of “קלאָץ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanklozstump; ball
2Old High Germanklozstump; ball
3Proto-West Germanicklottclod, lump, ball
4Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “קלאָץ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic klott →Every word from Old High German kloz →