Proto-West Germanic

*klammjan

‘press, squeeze together’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *klammjan.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan, most familiar first.

• clam
• clem ← *clemmen ← clemman
• glom ← glaum ← *clammen ← clæmman
• glaum ← *clammen ← clæmman

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *klammjan