>See also
>http://sv.wiktionary.org/wiki/kludd
Cf.:
Klotz
Kloà = Low German Kluten, Klüten
Kloben (> klobig!)
Low German Klut = High German Klump/en
OTOH:
if Kluge (< klug) is related to Slav. kluÄ- (& 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. schlieÃen, -schloss-, Schluss
NB: in fig. senses, Klotz, Kloà (incl. KlöÃchen, 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)