Where does “rotsklimmen” come from?

rotsklimmen (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.

rotsklimmen (Dutch): rock climbing

Definitions

  1. rock climbing

Ancestry of “rotsklimmen”, step by step

rotsklimmen 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 rots

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchrotsa rock
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gley- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gleybʰ- →