Proto-Germanic: *klajjá-; *klij=; *klīnian-, *klinan- vb.; *klaima-; *klaiwa- etc.
Meaning: to stick; clay
Old Norse: klina wk. `schmieren'; kleima w`schmieren'
Norwegian: k. klina vb; dial. kli `Schlamm, Lehm'; kleina `zukleben, besudeln'; kleima `schmieren'
Swedish: dial. klina vb.; klena `kleben'; klema `liebkosen'
Old Danish: klene `kleben, schmieren'
Danish: kläg `zäher, fetter, lehmiger Schlamm'
Old English: clǟg `Leim'; clām `klebriger Stoff, Leim'; clǟman `schmieren'; clite `Leim, Schlamm'; cläfre, clafre
English: clay; clover
Old Frisian: klāy
Old Saxon: klē
Middle Dutch: clei; cleem, clēmen; clāver(e), dial. klever
Dutch: klei f.; klaver f.
Middle Low German: klei; klēmen; klēver, klāveren; klīe, kleye
Low German: klever
Old High German: klenan st. `kleben, schmieren'; klemen `leimen'; klēo (10.Jh.), { klē } `Klee'; kleimen; kli(w)a (9.Jh.)
Middle High German: klē, gen. -wes st. m., n.; klīe, klīwe, klīge wk. f. 'kleie'
German: Klee m., Kleie f.
