clutch
English
/klʌt͡ʃ/
verb
Definitions
- To seize, as though with claws.
- To grip or grasp tightly.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English clucchen inherited from Old English clyċċan (clench, clutch) inherited from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, *klu- (ball up, conglomerate, amass) derived from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (ball up, lump, mass, conglomerate, ball, clump, bale, amass, gather into a mass) derived from Middle English cleche derived from Proto-Germanic *klēk- (hand, claw) derived from Proto-Indo-European *glēk-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*glēk-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clutchable English
- clutcher English
- clutchfist English
- clutchless English
- clutchmate English
- clutchplate English
- clutchy English
- declutch English
- fist English
- interclutch English
- intraclutch English
- mate English
- plate English
- subclutch English
- unclutch English
- cloche Italian
- cloche Spanish, Castilian
- *glew- Proto-Indo-European
- *glēk- Proto-Indo-European
- clutch Norwegian Bokmål
- kløtsj Norwegian Bokmål
- *kliuwiną Proto-Germanic
- *kliuwīną Proto-Germanic
- *klu- Proto-Germanic
- *klukjaną Proto-Germanic
- *klēk- Proto-Germanic
- klyka Swedish
- clutch Norwegian Nynorsk
- kløtsj Norwegian Nynorsk
- clyccan Old English
- clyċċan Old English
- cleche Middle English
- cleken Middle English
- clucchen Middle English
- fo-ghlac Irish
- glac Irish
- glacach Irish
- klachi Swahili
- cleek Scots
- glacaim Middle Irish