Where does “klimwand” come from?

klimwand (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.

klimwand (Dutch): climbing wall

Definitions

  1. climbing wall

Ancestry of “klimwand”, step by step

klimwand traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch klimmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchklimmento climb; plural of klim
2Middle Dutchclimmento climb; to rise, to go up; to increase
3Old Dutchclimbanto climb
4Proto-West Germanic*klimbanto climb
5Proto-Germanicklimbanąto climb
6Proto-Germanicklībanąto stick, cling to
7Proto-Indo-Europeangleybʰ-to stick
8Proto-Indo-Europeangley-to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick...
9Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

via Dutch wand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchwandwall; face
2Middle Dutchwantbecause, for; A glove, mitten
3Old Dutchwantwall
4Frankishwantuglove; mitten; glove
5Proto-Germanicwantuzglove, mitten
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwondʰnú-glove
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwendʰ-to wind, to turn
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