Where does “bergsklättring” come from?
bergsklättring (Swedish) comes from Swedish klättring, from Swedish klättra, from German klettern, from German kletten, from Proto-Indo-European gleyt-, from Proto-Indo-European gley-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.
bergsklättring (Swedish): mountain climbing, mountaineering
Definitions
- mountain climbing, mountaineering
Ancestry of “bergsklättring”, step by step
bergsklättring traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish klättring
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | klättring | climbing (with hands and feet or the like, generally or as a sport) |
| 2 | Swedish | klättra | to climb |
| 3 | German | klettern | to climb |
| 4 | German | kletten | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gleyt- | to cling to, cleave, stick |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |