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Where does “clymppe” come from?

clymppe (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European glemb-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

Ancestry of “clymppe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklumpôclasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump
2Proto-Indo-Europeanglemb-log, block
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “clymppe”

  • clump
  • clumpy
  • clumpiness
  • clumper
  • clumpish
  • interclump
  • clumplike
  • subclump
  • macroclump
  • microclump
  • clumpable
  • clompe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →