| 1 | English | glom | To steal, to grab; To stare; To attach |
| 2 | Scottish English | glaum | — |
| 3 | English | clam | A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those... |
| 4 | Middle English | clam | pincers, vice, clamp; viscous, sticky; slimy |
| 5 | Old English | clām | clay, mud; paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *klaim | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klaimaz | clay, mortar |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gleh₁y- | to smear, putty; to stick, glue |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gleh₁- | ball, lump |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gewl- | vessel; ball; vessel, bowl, ball; ball, bowl,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gēw- | to bend, arch |