Where does “clim” come from?

clim (Scots) comes from Old English climban, from Proto-Germanic klimbaną, from Proto-Germanic klībaną, from Proto-Indo-European gleybʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gley-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

clim (Scots): to climb

Definitions

  1. to climb

Ancestry of “clim”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishclimbanto climb
2Proto-Germanicklimbanąto climb
3Proto-Germanicklībanąto stick, cling to
4Proto-Indo-Europeangleybʰ-to stick
5Proto-Indo-Europeangley-to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gley- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gleybʰ- →