klei

Meaning

clay

Frequency

C2
Gender
♀️ Feminine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/klɛi̯/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch cleie, from Old Dutch *klei, from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, stick together”). Compare German Klei, English clay.

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