clæg

From Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz, from Proto-Germanic *kli- (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”).

Cognate with Middle Low German klei (Dutch klei, German Klei). Compare also Ancient Greek γλία (glía), Latin glūs (“glue”), Old Church Slavonic глина (glina, “clay”).

• IPA^(key): /klæːj/

clǣġ m

1. clay

Strong a-stem:

• Middle English: cley, clai, clay, claye, clei, cleiȝ, cleye
  • English: clay, cley
  • Scots: cley
  • Yola: cley

• “clæg” in Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 8th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1973 (1974 printing), →OCLC.
• Clay, New Webster Dictionary of English Language, 1980 edition.