Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “gleybʰ-”

118 words across 24 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European gleybʰ- — including climb, climbing, climber, clam, clamber, clamshell, clambake, unclimbable.

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English (46)

Middle English (17)

German (12)

Dutch (6)

Old English (5)

Middle Dutch (4)

Old Saxon (4)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Old Dutch (3)

Old High German (3)

Middle High German (2)

Swedish (1)

Icelandic (1)

Italian (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Ido (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Limburgish (1)

Scots (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)