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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klammjan
Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
Presumably from Proto-Germanic *klamjaną, of unclear further etymology. If considering the material that formed clasps or clamps, namely wood or metal, then it can be derived from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“clasp; mass”), from *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). In North Germanic all three phases of ablaut appear, klimp (“small lump”), klamp (“wooden or iron clamp”), and klump (“clump, clog”).[1] Compare *klumpō.
Verb
*klammjan
- to clamp
- to squeeze
Inflection
Class 1 weak | ||
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Infinitive | *klammjan | |
1st sg. past | *klamidā | |
Infinitive | *klammjan | |
Genitive infin. | *klammjannjas | |
Dative infin. | *klammjannjē | |
Instrum. infin. | *klammjannju | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | *klammju | *klamidā |
2nd singular | *klamisi | *klamidēs, *klamidōs |
3rd singular | *klamiþi | *klamidē, *klamidā |
1st plural | *klammjum | *klamidum |
2nd plural | *klamiþ | *klamidud |
3rd plural | *klammjanþ | *klamidun |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | *klammjē | *klamidī |
2nd singular | *klammjēs | *klamidī |
3rd singular | *klammjē | *klamidī |
1st plural | *klammjēm | *klamidīm |
2nd plural | *klammjēþ | *klamidīd |
3rd plural | *klammjēn | *klamidīn |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | *klami | |
Plural | *klamiþ | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | *klammjandī | *klamid |
Alternative reconstructions
- *klammijan[2]
Derived terms
- *biklammjan
Descendants
- Old English: clemman, clæmman
- Middle English: *clammen, *clemmen
- English: clam, clem, claum, glaum (dialectal)
- Scots: clem, clam, claum, glaum, glom
- → English: glom
- Middle English: *clammen, *clemmen
- Old Frisian: klemma
- Saterland Frisian: klämme
- West Frisian: klimme, klamme
- ⇒ West Frisian: klammerje
- Old Saxon: *klemmian
- Middle Low German: klemmen
- German Low German: klemmen
- → Old Danish: klæme
- Danish: klemme
- → Old Swedish: klæmma
- Swedish: klämma
- → Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: klemme
- Norwegian Nynorsk: klemme, klemma
- Middle Low German: klemmen
- Old Dutch: *klemmen
- Middle Dutch: clemmen
- Dutch: klemmen
- Afrikaans: klem
- → Papiamentu: klèm
- Limburgish: klèmme
- Dutch: klemmen
- Middle Dutch: clemmen
- Old High German: klemmen
- Middle High German: klemmen
- Alemannic German: chlamme, chlëmme
- Alsatian: klamme, klemme
- Central Franconian: klemme
- Hunsrik: klemme
- German: klemmen
- Luxembourgish: klemmen
- Rhine Franconian:
- Pennsylvania German: glemme
- Yiddish: כּלעם (klem)
- Alemannic German: chlamme, chlëmme
- Middle High German: klemmen
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “klamp”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*klammjan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 291