- kleik̂-
- kleik̂-English meaning: to press, squeezeDeutsche Übersetzung: “(schmerzhaft) drũcken, quetschen, klemmen, zwicken”Material: O.Ind. kliśṇǘti “afflicts, belästigt”, klíśyatē “wird afflicted, leidet”, klḗ ś a- m. “pain, affliction, complaint “, saṁ-kliś- ‘squeeze”; Lith. klìšė f. “Krebsschere” (therefrom probably also klìšas ‘schiefbeinig”), kleišiú oti “with crooked Fũßen run”; Slav. *kliša and *klěša “pliers, scissors” (from Bal.-Slav. *kleiši̯ ü- and *klaiši̯ ü-) placed in Pol. kliszawy and Clr. *klíšavyj “ bowlegged”; besides R.C.S. klěšča “pliers”, Sloven. klẹ́šče, Clr. kliščí f. pl. ds. (from Bal.-Slav. *klaišti̯ ü-); Church Slavic klěšta “pliers”, klěštiti “premere”, O.Bulg. sъ-klěštati sę “cruciari”, Russ. dial. klestítь (= klěstítь) “press, press, clamp “ etc.References: WP. I 492, Trautmann 137.
Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary. 2015.