Where does “klimrek” come from?
klimrek (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.
klimrek (Dutch): jungle gym, climbing frame
Definitions
- jungle gym, climbing frame
Ancestry of “klimrek”, step by step
klimrek traces back through two 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 Dutch rek
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | rek | A rack or stand; The ability for a material to... |
| 2 | Dutch | rekken | to stretch; to prolong; plural of rek |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | recken | to stretch, to reach out; to stretch; to govern,... |
| 4 | Old Dutch | recken | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rakkjan | to stretch, to straighten |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rakjaną | to stretch, to straighten |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃roǵéyeti | to straighten, to make straight, to cause to be... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -éyeti | Forms causative imperfective verbs from roots;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yeti | Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots |