Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klimbaną
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Proto-Germanic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly a nasalized variant of *klībaną (“to stick, cleave”), itself from Proto-Indo-European *gleybʰ-, an extended form of *gley- (“to stick”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]- to climb
Inflection
[edit]Conjugation of *klimbaną (strong class 3)
Descendants
[edit]- Proto-West Germanic: *klimban
References
[edit]- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klimman- ~ *klimb/pan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*klembanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 215