Where does “clemă” come from?

clemă (Romanian) comes from German Klemme, from German klemmen, from Middle High German klemmen, from Old High German klemmen, from Proto-Germanic *klammjan, from Proto-Germanic klamjaną — to clamp; to squeeze.

clemă (Romanian): clamp

Definitions

  1. clamp

Ancestry of “clemă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKlemmeclamp; grip; difficult situation
2Germanklemmento jam, to clamp; to be jammed, to be stuck; to...
3Middle High Germanklemmen—
4Old High Germanklemmen—
5Proto-Germanic*klammjan—
6Proto-Germanicklamjanąto clamp; to squeeze
Every word from Proto-Germanic klamjaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *klammjan →Every word from Old High German klemmen →
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