Where does “beklimmen” come from?
beklimmen (Dutch) comes from Dutch klimmen, from Middle Dutch climmen, from Old Dutch climban, from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic klimbaną, from Proto-Germanic klībaną, from Proto-Indo-European gleybʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gley- — to be cold, to freeze.
beklimmen (Dutch): to climb, to mount
Definitions
- to climb, to mount
Ancestry of “beklimmen”, step by step
beklimmen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch klimmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | klimmen | to climb; plural of klim |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | climmen | to climb; to rise, to go up; to increase |
| 3 | Old Dutch | climban | to climb |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *klimban | to climb |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klimbaną | to climb |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | klībaną | to stick, cling to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gleybʰ- | to stick |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |
via German klimmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | klimmen | to climb |
| 2 | Middle High German | klimben | — |
| 3 | Old High German | klimban | — |
via Middle Dutch beclimmen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | beclimmen | — |