Where does “clamă” come from?

clamă (Romanian) comes from German klammer, from Middle High German klammer, from Proto-Germanic *klammjan, from Proto-Germanic klamjaną — to clamp; to squeeze.

clamă (Romanian): clamp

Definitions

  1. clamp

Ancestry of “clamă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanklammercomparative degree of klamm
2Middle High Germanklammer—
3Proto-Germanic*klammjan—
4Proto-Germanicklamjanąto clamp; to squeeze
Every word from Proto-Germanic klamjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *klammjan →Every word from Middle High German klammer →