Where does “klimpfen” come from?

klimpfen (Middle High German) comes from Proto-Germanic klampō — clamp, clasp, cramp.

Ancestry of “klimpfen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklampōclamp, clasp, cramp
Every word from Proto-Germanic klampō
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