Proto-West Germanic

*klaij

‘clay’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *klaij.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, most familiar first.

• clay ← cley ← clǣġ
• cley ← clǣġ
• clayen ← cleyen ← clǣg

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *klaij