Where does “klimmen” come from?
klimmen (Dutch) comes 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-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
klimmen (Dutch): to climb; plural of klim
Ancestry of “klimmen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | climmen | to climb; to rise, to go up; to increase |
| 2 | Old Dutch | climban | to climb |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *klimban | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | klimbaną | to climb |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | klībaną | to stick, cling to |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gleybʰ- | to stick |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |
Words derived from “klimmen”