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Where does “klammarōn” come from?

klammarōn (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic klammarōną, from Proto-Indo-European glem-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

Ancestry of “klammarōn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklammarōną—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanglem-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “klammarōn”

  • klammern
  • Klammeraffe
  • klammern
  • klammeren
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