English
klomp
Klomp comes from Dutch klomp ‘a wooden shoe, clog’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *klumpô ‘lump, clump, mass’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*klumpô1‘lump, clump, mass’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*klumpo1reconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500clompe1‘lump or mass of metal, wooden shoe, clump’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentklomp2‘a wooden shoe, clog’
- Englishearliest quotation 1900klomp2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Dutch klomp
- 2 Wiktionary, English klomp
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1900, William Elliot Griffis: “Elisha could have saved his ox-yokes and made a…”.
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*klumpôWiktionary, Dutch klomp‘lump, clump, mass’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*klumpoWiktionary, Dutch klompreconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500clompeWiktionary, Dutch klomp‘lump or mass of metal, wooden shoe, clump’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentklompWiktionary, English klomp‘a wooden shoe, clog’
- Englishearliest quotation 1900klompWiktionary, English klomp. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1900, William Elliot Griffis: “Elisha could have saved his ox-yokes and made a…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- ‘clamp, mass’
through Proto-Germanic *klumpô ‘lump, clump, mass’
Today it means
noun A Dutch wooden clog.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *klumpô / klomp