Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending). · (literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up. · To ascend in a non-physical or figurative sense. · To move to a higher position on a chart or hierarchy.
An act of climbing. · The act of getting to somewhere more elevated. · An effort of moving upward.
From Middle English climben, clymben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną (“to climb, go up by clinging”), believed to be a nasalised variant of Proto-Germanic *klibaną, *klibāną (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”). Cognate with West Frisian klimme (“to climb”), Dutch klimmen (“to climb”), German klimmen (“to climb”), Old Norse klembra (“to squeeze”), Icelandic klifra (“to climb”). Related to clamber. See also clay, glue.
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- Root classification mention*gleybʰ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionclimbenenm
- Inherited-form mentionclimbanang
- Inherited-form mention*klimbangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*klimbanągem-pro · to climb, go up by clinging
- Derivation mention*klibanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*gley-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionklimmefy
- Cognate mentionklimmennl
- Cognate mentionklimmende
- Cognate mentionklembranon
- Cognate mentionklifrais
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