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. to climb

Inflection

Conjugation of *klimbaną (strong class 3)

	active voice			passive voice
present tense	indicative	subjunctive	imperative	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*klimbō	*klimbaų	—	*klimbai	?
2nd singular	*klimbizi	*klimbaiz	*klimb	*klimbazai	*klimbaizau
3rd singular	*klimbidi	*klimbai	*klimbadau	*klimbadai	*klimbaidau
1st dual	*klimbōz	*klimbaiw	—	—	—
2nd dual	*klimbadiz	*klimbaidiz	*klimbadiz	—	—
1st plural	*klimbamaz	*klimbaim	—	*klimbandai	*klimbaindau
2nd plural	*klimbid	*klimbaid	*klimbid	*klimbandai	*klimbaindau
3rd plural	*klimbandi	*klimbain	*klimbandau	*klimbandai	*klimbaindau
past tense	indicative	subjunctive
1st singular	*klamb	*klumbį̄
2nd singular	*klamft	*klumbīz
3rd singular	*klamb	*klumbī
1st dual	*klumbū	*klumbīw
2nd dual	*klumbudiz	*klumbīdiz
1st plural	*klumbum	*klumbīm
2nd plural	*klumbud	*klumbīd
3rd plural	*klumbun	*klumbīn
	present	past
participles	*klimbandz	*klumbanaz

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *klimban
  • Old English: climban
    • Middle English: climben
      • Scots: clim, clym
      • English: climb
  • Old Frisian: *klimba
    • West Frisian: klimme
  • Old Saxon: klimban
    • Middle Low German: klimmen
      • German Low German: klimmen
  • Old Dutch: *climban
    • Middle Dutch: climmen
      • Dutch: klimmen
      • Limburgish: klumme, klömme
  • Old High German: klimban, chlimban
    • Middle High German: klimmen
      • German: klimmen
      • Luxembourgish: klammen