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English word cloud comes from Proto-Indo-European *gle-, Proto-Indo-European *glūdos, and later Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (Boulder, rock. Hill. Lump, clod.)

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*gle- (Proto-Indo-European)

*glūdos (Proto-Indo-European)

*gley- (Proto-Indo-European)

to stick, smudge, to stick

*gelewd- (Proto-Indo-European)

*klūtaz (Proto-Germanic)

Boulder, rock. Hill. Lump, clod.

clūd (Old English)

clud (Old English)

Hill. Stone; rock; boulder.

clud (Middle English)

cloud (English)

(intransitive) To become foggy or gloomy, to become obscured from sight.. (transitive) To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish (reputation or character).. (transitive) To make gloomy or sullen.. (transitive) To make obscure.. (transitive) To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colours.. (transitive) To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds. (computing, with [...]

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