Re: kludge

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 68288
Date: 2011-12-25

At 3:53:19 PM on Friday, December 23, 2011, guestu5er wrote:

> Yes, but via... German Klotz. Klutz is a mere Anglicized
> form of Klotz.

Of Yiddish <klots>, actually, from MHG <kloz> 'Klumpe,
klumpige Masse; Baumstumpf, Baumklotz'.

Brian