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English word clue comes from Proto-Indo-European *glew-, and later Proto-Germanic *klewô (Clump, mass, ball, bale.)
*glew- (Proto-Indo-European)
to conglomerate, gather into a mass
*klewô (Proto-Germanic)
Clump, mass, ball, bale.
cliewen (Old English)
clīewen (Old English)
clewe (Middle English)
clew (English)
(nautical) (transitive and intransitive) to raise the lower corner(s) of (a sail). (transitive) to roll into a ball (archaic) A ball of thread or yarn.. (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.. (nautical) The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the [...]
clue (English)
(now, _, rare) A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.. (slang) Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick). An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. To provide someone with [...]