Where does “clifted” come from?

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

clifted (English): broken; fissured

Definitions

  1. broken; fissured

Ancestry of “clifted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcliftA cliff
2EnglishcliffA vertical rock face; A point where something...
3Middle EnglishclyfA cliff; a heavily sloped hillside or...
4Old Englishclifa cliff; a group of rocks or crag
5Proto-West Germanic*klib
6Proto-Germanicklibącliff, rock
Every word from Proto-Germanic klibą
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