clead

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gley-“to stick to, adhere”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*klaiþijaną“to clothe”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*klaiþijan“to clothe”
4. Old English · inherited fromclǣþan“to clothe”
5. Middle English · inherited fromclethen
6. English todayclead

From Middle English clethen, from Old English clǣþan (“to clothe”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþijaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick to, adhere”). Cognate with Scots cleed, cleid (“to clothe”). Doublet of cloth, clothe, and clad.

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