Where does “glëmb” come from?

glëmb (Albanian) comes from Proto-Albanian glamba, from Proto-Indo-European glembʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

Ancestry of “glëmb”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albanianglamba
2Proto-Indo-Europeanglembʰ-clamp, mass; lump, clamp; to hold, clench
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “glëmb

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European glembʰ-Every word from Proto-Albanian glamba