Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo smear, rub on, or anoint; to bedaub with an oily or sticky substance. · To cause to stick; to glue on. · To stick, cling to, or adhere.
From Middle English clemen, from Old English clǣman (“to smear, anoint”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaimijan, from Proto-Germanic *klaimijaną (“to smear with clay, mortar”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick, glue”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionclemenenm
- Inherited-form mentionclǣmanang · to smear, anoint
- Inherited-form mention*klaimijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*klaimijanągem-pro · to smear with clay, mortar
- Derivation mention*gley-ine-pro · to stick, glue
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