clog
KLOG · noun
Origin
The origin of "clog" is unknown, but it may come from Middle English "clog," a weight fastened to an animal's leg to slow it down. That word may in turn trace back to a North Germanic root, Proto-Germanic *klumpô, meaning "lump" or "mass."
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Related words
It may be related to Old Norse "klugu" or "klogo," meaning a knotty tree log, and to Dutch "klomp," both pointing back to the same idea of a heavy lump.
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From Old Norse