klomp

Dutch (Brabantic)

/klɔmp/

noun
Definitions
  • A wooden shoe, clog.
  • A mass, a nugget, a lump, a chunk.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch clompe (clump, wooden shoe, lump mass of metal) inherited from Old Dutch *klumpo inherited from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (clump, lump, clasp, mass, clip, block, log) derived from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (clamp, mass, lump).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*glembʰ-

Gloss

clamp, mass, lump

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