English
stormcloud
From storm + cloud.
Proto-Germanic *staurijaną ‘to destroy, disturb’
Proto-Germanic *sturmaz ‘storm’
Proto-West Germanic *sturm ‘storm’
Old English storm ‘tempest, storm’
Middle English storm
English storm
Proto-Indo-European *gel- ‘to ball up’
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Proto-Germanic *klūtaz ‘lump’
Proto-West Germanic *klūt ‘lump, mass’
Old English clūd ‘mass of stone’
Middle English cloud ‘a cloud’
English cloud
Today it means
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Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stormcloud”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / stormcloud