Where does “kletten” come from?

kletten (German) comes from Proto-Indo-European gleyt-, from Proto-Indo-European gley-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

Ancestry of “kletten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangleyt-to cling to, cleave, stick
2Proto-Indo-Europeangley-to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “kletten”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gley- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gleyt- →