Where does “kloven” come from?

kloven (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch cloven, from Middle Dutch clieven, from Old Dutch clievan, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

kloven (Dutch): to cleave, to cut

Definitions

  1. to cleave, to cut

Ancestry of “kloven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchclovento cleave, to cut
2Middle Dutchclievento cleave, to split; to split, to be split
3Old Dutchclievanto cleave
4Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “kloven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Old Dutch clievan →