Where does “clift” come from?

clift (English) comes from English cliff, from Middle English clyf, from Old English clif, from Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic klibą — cliff, rock.

clift (English): A cliff

Definitions

  1. A cliff

Ancestry of “clift”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcliffA vertical rock face; A point where something...
2Middle EnglishclyfA cliff; a heavily sloped hillside or...
3Old Englishclifa cliff; a group of rocks or crag
4Proto-West Germanic*klib—
5Proto-Germanicklibącliff, rock

Words derived from “clift”

Every word from Proto-Germanic klibą →