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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *kliuwēn, -an, -ō(n); *klunja-n
Meaning: round stone
Old Norse: klē m. `Webstein'
Swedish: dial. klunn m. `Klumpen'
Old English: clīwen (clǖwen, clēowen), -es n. `clew, anything that is globular, a ball of thread, ball', clyne, -es n. `mass, lump, ball'
Middle English: clēwe
English: clew
Old Saxon: cleuwin
Middle Dutch: clūweeen, clouwen, cluen, clūwijn
Dutch: kluwen n.
Middle Low German: klūwen
Old High German: kliuwa f., kliuwi n. `Kugel', kli(u)wi `Knäuel'
Middle High German: kliuwe st. n. 'knäuel, kugel'
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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *glew-
Meaning: round stone, block
Old Indian: glāu- m. `round lump, wen-like escrescence'
Celtic: ? OIr glō-, glao-snathe `linea, norma'
Russ. meaning: камень (круглый), глыба
References: WP I 612 f
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Vasmer's dictionary :
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Word: глы́ба,
Near etymology: укр. гли́ба.
Further etymology: Родственно лат. glēba "глыба земли, комок, шарик". Далее, возм., к глу́да; см. Перссон 933; Бернекер 1, 310; Остен -- Сакен, IF 33, 215; Брандт, РФВ 22, 119; Буга, РФВ 67, 238. По мнению последнего, сюда же лит. glùmeris "коврига, краюха (хлеба)", glùmas, glum̃žas "комолый"; ср. Брюкнер 141; Шпехт 160, 248.
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