Middle English word cloth comes from Proto-Indo-European *gle-, and later Proto-Germanic *klaiþą (Cloth.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*gle- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
*gley- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | to stick, smudge, to stick |
*gleyt- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
*klaiþą | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Cloth. |
clāþ | Old English (ang) | |
claþ | Old English (ang) | (in plural) clothes. Cloth. |
cloth | Middle English (enm) |