clog

The story

1. Old Norse · derived fromklugu
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*klumpô“lump, mass, clasp”
3. Middle English · inherited fromclog“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”
4. English todayclog

Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin and derived from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, mass, clasp”); compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.

Words from the same roots