Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/klimbaną
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
- to climb
Inflection
| 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
References
- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*klimman- ~ *klimb/pan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 293
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*klembanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215