climben
Middle English
/ˈkliːmbən/, /ˈkliːmən/
verb
Definitions
- To climb or scale travel vertically or diagonally up a surface
- To soar or move upwards; to move into the sky:
- (rare) To extend or reach upwards.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English climban (climb) inherited from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną (go up by clinging, climb).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*klimbaną
Gloss
go up by clinging, climb
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anti-climb English
- climb English
- climbable English
- climbdown English
- climber English
- climbest English
- climbeth English
- climbing English
- climby English
- declimb English
- downclimb English
- freeclimb English
- hillclimb English
- misclimb English
- outclimb English
- overclimb English
- reclimb English
- unclimbable English
- upclimb English
- klimmen German
- climb Italian
- *klibaną Proto-Germanic
- *klimbaną Proto-Germanic
- climban Old English
- oferclimban Old English
- clymber Middle English
- clymbyng Middle English
- klimban Old High German
- klimar Ido
- *climban Old Dutch
- klimban Old Saxon
- clim Scots