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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klimbaną

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly a nasalized variant of *klībaną (to stick, cleave), itself from Proto-Indo-European *gleybʰ-, an extended form of *gley- (to stick).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklim.bɑ.nɑ̃/

Verb

*klimbaną[1][2]

  1. to climb

Inflection

Descendants

References

  1. 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
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*klembanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 215
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