Where does “clæmman” come from?

clæmman (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic *klammjan, from Proto-Germanic klamjaną — to clamp; to squeeze.

Ancestry of “clæmman”, step by step

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

Words derived from “clæmman”

Every word from Proto-Germanic klamjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *klammjan →
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