Etymograph

English

kloyz

Kloyz comes from Yiddish קלויז, from Middle High German klūse ‘hermitage”, by extension “snug, narrow dwelling’, and ultimately from Latin clusus ‘something closed’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclususas clūsa‘something closed’
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*klūsā‘enclosed space, enclosure’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050klūsa
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350klūse‘hermitage”, by extension “snug, narrow dwelling’
  5. Yiddishmodernקלויזkloyz
  6. Englishtodaykloyz

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEclususas clūsa‘something closed’
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*klūsā‘enclosed space, enclosure’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050klūsa
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350klūse‘hermitage”, by extension “snug, narrow dwelling’
  5. Yiddishmodernקלויזkloyz
  6. Englishtodaykloyz

Linked words

through Proto-West Germanic *klūsā ‘enclosed space, enclosure’

close

Today it means

noun a small private synagogue or circle of religious learning

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

Etymograph / Latin clusus / kloyz

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