Etymograph

English

claes

Claes comes from Old English clāþas ‘clothes’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *klaiþą.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*klaiþą‘cloth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*klaiþ‘cloth’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150clāþ‘cloth’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150clāþas‘clothes’plural of clāþ
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500clathes
  6. Englishtodayclaes

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*klaiþą‘cloth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*klaiþ‘cloth’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150clāþ‘cloth’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150clāþas‘clothes’plural of clāþ
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500clathes
  6. Englishtodayclaes

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *klaiþ ‘cloth’

clothier, 1 more

through Old English clāþ ‘cloth’

clothes, cloth, clad, 2 more

Today it means

noun clothes

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *klaiþą / claes

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