Where does “clemmen” come from?

clemmen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch klemmen, from Proto-Germanic *klammjan, from Proto-Germanic klamjaną — to clamp; to squeeze.

clemmen (Middle Dutch): to be stuck, jamed; to hold, to clamp

Definitions

  1. to be stuck, jamed; to hold, to clamp

Ancestry of “clemmen”, step by step

clemmen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch klemmen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchklemmen—
2Proto-Germanic*klammjan—
3Proto-Germanicklamjanąto clamp; to squeeze

via Old English clemman

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishclemmanto press; to squeeze or squash

Words derived from “clemmen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic klamjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *klammjan →Every word from Old Dutch klemmen →