Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/klimban

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *klimbaną.

Verb

*klimban^[1]

to climb

Inflection

Strong class 3
Infinitive	*klimban
1st sg. past	*klamb
3rd pl. past	*klumbun
Past ptcple	*klumban
Infinitive	*klimban
Genitive infin.	*klimbannjas
Dative infin.	*klimbannjē
Instrum. infin.	*klimbannju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*klimbu	*klamb
2nd singular	*klimbiʀi	*klumbī
3rd singular	*klimbidi	*klamb
1st plural	*klimbum	*klumbum
2nd plural	*klimbid	*klumbud
3rd plural	*klimband	*klumbun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*klimbē	*klumbī
2nd singular	*klimbēs	*klumbī
3rd singular	*klimbē	*klumbī
1st plural	*klimbēm	*klumbīm
2nd plural	*klimbēþ	*klumbīd
3rd plural	*klimbēn	*klumbīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*klimb
Plural	*klimbid
	Present	Past
Participle	*klimbandī	*klumban

Descendants

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
  - Central Franconian: klemme, klömme, klomme, klamme
    - Luxembourgish: klammen
  - German: klimmen (now chiefly in erklimmen)

References

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*klimban”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127: “*klimban”

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