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English word climb comes from Proto-Indo-European *gley-, and later Proto-Germanic *klībaną (To stick, cling to.)
*gley- (Proto-Indo-European)
to stick, smudge, to stick
*gleybʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*klibaną (Proto-Germanic)
*klībaną (Proto-Germanic)
To stick, cling to.
*klimbaną (Proto-Germanic)
To climb.
climban (Old English)
To climb.
climben (Middle English)
climb (English)
(botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.. (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.. (intransitive) to jump high. (intransitive) to practise the sport of climbing. (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.. (transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.. (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.. To [...]