clump

The story

1. Middle Low German · derived fromklumpe
2. Middle Dutch · derived fromclompe
3. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*glembʰ-“lump, clamp”
4. Proto-Germanic · derived from*klumpô“mass, lump, clump; clasp”
5. Old English · inherited fromclymppe
6. Middle English · inherited fromclompe
7. English todayclump

From Middle English clompe, from Old English clymppe, a variant of clympre (“a lump or mass of metal”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”), from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (“lump, clamp”). Alternatively, possibly from Middle Dutch clompe or Middle Low German klumpe (compare German Klumpen). Doublet of klomp. Cognates include Danish klump (probably from Low German as well). Compare Norwegian Bokmål klump.

Words from the same roots