English
heathclad
From heath + clad.
Proto-Indo-European *kayt- ‘forest, wasteland, pasture’
Proto-Germanic *haiþī ‘heath, waste, untilled land’
Proto-West Germanic *haiþi ‘uncultivated land, wasteland, moor’
Old English hǣþ ‘heath, untilled land, waste’
Middle English heth ‘a heath’
English heath
Proto-Germanic *klaiþą ‘cloth’
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Old English clāþ ‘cloth’
Old English *clāþian ‘to clothe’
Middle English clothen ‘to put clothing on, clothe, dress’
Middle English clad(d)
English clad
Today it means
adj Covered with heath.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / heathclad