Where does “klamp” come from?

klamp (Swedish) comes from Proto-Germanic klumpô, from Proto-Indo-European glemb-, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

klamp (Swedish): a chunk (of material, often wood or metal)

Definitions

  1. a chunk (of material, often wood or metal)

Ancestry of “klamp”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklumpôclasp; clamp; lump; mass; clump
2Proto-Indo-Europeanglemb-log, block
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze

Words derived from “klamp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European glemb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic klumpô →
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