Clammy
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late Middle English: from dialect clam ‘to be sticky or adhere’, of Germanic origin; related to clay.
wiktionary
From Middle English clam(“viscous, sticky; slimy”) + -y, from Old English clǣman(“to smear, bedaub”). Compare German klamm(“clammy”) and klemmen(“to be stuck, stick”). See also clam.
etymonline
clammy (adj.)
"soft and sticky," late 14c., probably an extended form of Middle English clam "viscous, sticky, muddy" (mid-14c.), from Old English clæm "mud, sticky clay," from Proto-Germanic *klaimaz "clay" (source also of Flemish klammig, Low German klamig "sticky, damp," Old English clæman "to smear, plaster;" and clay). With -y (2). Related: Clammily; clamminess.
