Re: kludge

From: guestu5er
Message: 68274
Date: 2011-12-23

>See also
>http://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/kludd

Cf.:

Klotz
Kloß = Low German Kluten, Klüten
Kloben (> klobig!)

Low German Klut = High German Klump/en

OTOH:

if Kluge (< klug) is related to Slav. kluč- (& Hung. kulcs),
then cf.:

Engl. clutch
Lat. cludere, clus-
Ger. Klus (today, Swiss German)
Ger. Klause & Klausner (cf. Klausur < clausura)
(cf. klisura/klissura/clisura in several E-Eur languages)
Ger. schließen, -schloss-, Schluss

NB: in fig. senses, Klotz, Kloß (incl. Klößchen, Klüten) as well as
__klobig__ are used in the semantic environment of "clumsy, awkward",
often along with being fat, big and slow, sometimes also dumb.
(Klutz in Yiddisch = Klotz "wooden beam", fig. "clumsy, awkward" etc)