*klumpô

Runic: ᚲᛚᚢᛗᛈᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈklum.pɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

clasp; clamp
lump; mass; clump

Etymology

Perhaps leveled from an earlier n-stem *kl(e/a)mbô ~ *klumppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *glembʰ- (‘clasp; mass’), apparently a nasal-infixed form of *glebʰ- (‘to clasp’) (compare Lithuanian glė́bti (‘to clasp, clench, seize; to embrace; to take care of’), Latvian glēbt (‘to guard, protect’); Lithuanian glóbti (‘to hug, embrace; to wrap up; to care for’), Latvian glābt (‘to guard, protect, help’); Slovene glábiti (‘to rake together, gather’)), itself possibly extended from *gel- (‘to form into a ball; ball’). Most cognates however are uncertain and affected by sound-symbolism; see e.g. Latin glaeba, globus, glomus and Proto-West Germanic *klott (‘clod’).

On the other hand, Derksen considers the root in Germanic and Balto-Slavic to be an isogloss of substrate origin, due to variation in both the initial consonant (*g⁽ʰ⁾ ~ *k; cf. Lithuanian klė́bti (‘to embrace’)) and final consonant (*bʰ ~ *(m)b)—the latter further evidenced by varying vowel length and accent in Baltic—as well as the intervening vowel (cf. Lithuanian glaũbti). Additionally there are similar words in both branches from initial *gr-: compare Proto-Germanic *krampô (‘clamp’), Lithuanian grė́bti (‘to rake; to seize, rob’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	klumpô	klumpaniz
Acc.	klumpanų	klumpanunz
Gen.	klumpiniz	klumpanǫ̂
Dat.	klumpini	klumpammaz
Inst.	klumpinē	klumpammiz
Voc.	klumpô	klumpaniz

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Descendants

*clympe (Old English)
- clompe, clymppan (Middle English)
  - clump (English)
  - clump (Scots)
clympre (Old English)
- clompe, clymppan (Middle English)
  - clump (English)
  - clump (Scots)
clymppe (Old English)
- clompe, clymppan (Middle English)
  - clump (English)
  - clump (Scots)
klumpa (Old Frisian)
- Klump (Saterland Frisian)
- klomp (West Frisian)
*klumpo (Old Saxon)
- klumpe (Middle Low German)
  - Klumpe, Klump (German Low German)
  - Klump (Low German)
*klumpo (Old Saxon)
- klumpe (Middle Low German)
  - klumper (Old Swedish)
    - klump (Swedish)
*klumpo (Old Dutch)
- clompe, klompe (Middle Dutch)
  - klomp (Dutch)
    - klomp (Afrikaans)
    - klumpu (Berbice Creole Dutch)
    - klomp, clomp (English)
    - klomp, klump (Negerhollands)
    - klòmpi, klompi, klòmp (Papiamentu)
    - klompu (Sranan Tongo)
*klumpo (Old High German)
- *klumpe (Middle High German)
  - Klumpen (German)
  - Klumpe (Hunsrik)

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