clowder

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*klūtaz
2. Old English · derived fromclott“round mass, lump”
3. English todayclowder

A variation, recorded since 1801, of clutter, itself from clot, from Old English clott (“round mass, lump”), from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (hence cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball, testicle”), Danish klods (“a block, lump”) and German Klotz (“lump, block”)).

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