Etymology

cloddy

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Today it means: Characterized by the presence of clods Full definition →

Middle English cloddy ← Old English clott ← Proto-West Germanic *klott
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kluttaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*klott
  4. Old Englishclott
  5. Middle Englishclot
  6. Middle Englishclod
  7. Middle Englishcloddy
  8. English todaycloddy

Inherited from Middle English cloddy (“cloddy, clotty”). Doublet of clotty. By surface analysis, clod + y.

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