Where does “klumba” come from?

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

klumba (Old Norse): cudgel

Definitions

  1. cudgel

Ancestry of “klumba”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklumpôclasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump
2Proto-Indo-Europeanglemb-log, block
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European glemb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic klumpô →