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'
