Klutz

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1930s: from Yiddish klots ‘wooden block’.


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From Yiddish קלאָץ‎ (klots, literally “wooden beam”); cognate to German Klotz(“block, lump”).


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klutz (n.)

1967, American English, from Yiddish klots "clumsy person, blockhead," literally "block, lump," from Middle High German klotz "lump, ball." Compare German klotz "boor, clod," literally "wooden block" (see clot (n.)).