cloud
Middle English
/kluːd/
noun
Definitions
- A small elevation; a hill.
- A clod, lump, or boulder.
- A cloud mass of water vapour or similar.
- The sky that which is above the ground.
- That which obscures, dims, or clouds.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English clūd (boulder, rock, hill, mass of stone) derived from *klūt derived from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*klūtaz
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- banner cloud English
- becloud English
- cloud English
- cloud-ridden English
- cloudage English
- cloudberry English
- cloudburst English
- cloudbust English
- cloudbuster English
- cloudbusting English
- cloudcapt English
- clouden English
- clouder English
- cloudery English
- cloudest English
- cloudeth English
- cloudform English
- cloudfree English
- cloudful English
- cloudification English
- cloudify English
- cloudish English
- cloudland English
- cloudless English
- cloudlet English
- cloudlike English
- cloudline English
- cloudling English
- cloudly English
- cloudogram English
- cloudscape English
- cloudscraper English
- cloudseed English
- cloudspotter English
- cloudspotting English
- cloudtop English
- cloudwash English
- cloudwashed English
- cloudwise English
- cloudy English
- discloud English
- dustcloud English
- encloud English
- intercloud English
- intracloud English
- overcloud English
- raincloud English
- stormcloud English
- subcloud English
- supercloud English
- thundercloud English
- uncloud English
- Cloud German
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gelewdos Proto-Indo-European
- *klūtaz Proto-Germanic
- clott Old English
- clud Old English
- clūd Old English
- clūdiġ Old English
- clūt Old English
- cloudy Middle English
- *klūt gmw-pro
- 클라우드 Korean