Where does “Klumpenrisiko” come from?

Klumpenrisiko (German) comes from German klumpen, from Middle Low German klumpe, from Old Dutch klumpo, from Proto-Germanic klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European glemb-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

Klumpenrisiko (German): cluster risk, concentration risk the risk of loss arising from an excessive concentration of exposure to a single counterparty, sector, or region

Definitions

  1. cluster risk, concentration risk the risk of loss arising from an excessive concentration of exposure to a single counterparty, sector, or region

Ancestry of “Klumpenrisiko”, step by step

Klumpenrisiko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German klumpen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanklumpento lump
2Middle Low Germanklumpe—
3Old Dutchklumpo—
4Proto-Germanicklumpôclasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglemb-log, block
6Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

via German Risiko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanRisikorisk
2Italianrisicofirst-person singular present indicative of...
3ItalianriscoObsolete form of rischio; risk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →