Where does “kløft” come from?

kløft (Danish) comes from Middle Low German kluft, from Old Saxon *kluft, from Proto-Germanic kluftiz, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

kløft (Danish): a gorge or canyon

Definitions

  1. a gorge or canyon

Ancestry of “kløft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankluft—
2Old Saxon*kluft—
3Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
4Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “kløft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kluftiz →