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Where does “Klammer” come from?

Klammer (German) comes from Middle High German klammer, from Proto-Germanic *klammjan, from Proto-Germanic klamjaną — to clamp; to squeeze.

Klammer (German): clamp; bracket, parenthesis, {}, , and the like...

Definitions

  1. clamp; bracket, parenthesis, {}, , and the like...

Ancestry of “Klammer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanklammer—
2Proto-Germanic*klammjan—
3Proto-Germanicklamjanąto clamp; to squeeze

Words derived from “Klammer”

  • Büroklammer
  • Wäscheklammer
  • klamber
Every word from Proto-Germanic klamjaną →