köken: From Old Swedish klæþi, from Old Norse klæði, borrowed from Old Frisian klāth, klēth or Old English clāþ, clǣþ, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą (“garment”). Cognate with English cloth and German Kleid.
Exact etymology is yet unknown. Presumably from Russian постав (postav, “cloth generated on a loom”). Cognate with Tatar постау (postaw), Chuvash постав (postav) / пустав (pustav, “id.”) Also, possibly related to Hungarian posztó (“baize”).