Klemheist: hitch

[rushalaim]

Is it Dutch word for the knot? As if "klem" means "grip", but what is "heist" in Dutch? Is it a kind of old Dutch? Something like English "hoist"?

 

[Peterdg]

"Klemheist" is not a Dutch word. According to Wikipedia, it is a type of knot, but as far as I know, its origin is not Dutch.

 

[rushalaim]

The first part of "Klemheist" (klem) is definitely Dutch
klemmen - Wiktionary
but I could not find the second part of the word in Dutch "heist"

 

[berndf]

A Klemheist is a type of what is called a Klemmknoten in German. So the German/Dutch verbal stem klemmen may play a role. But the combination makes no sense in either language. I suspect it is some kind of a corruption within English.

 

[rushalaim]

A Klemheist is a type of what is called a Klemmknoten in German. So the German/Dutch verbal stem klemmen may play a role. But the combination makes no sense in either language. I suspect it is some kind of a corruption within English.

Is it similar, when today German climbers call a knot bulin imitating English bowline?