Words that come from Proto-Germanic “*klammjan”

90 words across 23 languages descend from Proto-Germanic *klammjan — including clam, clammy, clamber, clamshell, Clemmy, clambake, clamminess, glom.

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English (29)

German (23)

Dutch (6)

Middle English (5)

Old Saxon (3)

Old English (3)

Ido (2)

Middle High German (2)

Polish (2)

Romanian (2)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Estonian (1)

Danish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Scottish English (1)

Limburgish (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Old High German (1)

Yola (1)

Plautdietsch (1)

Japanese (1)