Etymology

cleg

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Today it means: a blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer fly, blind-fly, tabanid Full definition →

Middle English clege ← Old Norse kleggi ← Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰ-s
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*glōgʰ-s“point”
  2. Old Norse · derived fromkleggi
  3. Middle English · inherited fromclege
  4. English todaycleg

From Middle English clege, from Old Norse kleggi. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk klegg. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰ-s (“point”); compare Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb”).

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