Etymology

clayish

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Today it means: Resembling clay. Full definition →

English clay ← Middle English cley ← Old English clǣġ
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gloyHós
  3. Proto-Germanic*klajjaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*klaij
  5. Old Englishclǣġ
  6. Middle Englishcley
  7. Englishclay
  8. English todayclayish

From clay + -ish.

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