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
Ancestry of “clifted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | clift | A cliff |
| 2 | English | cliff | A vertical rock face; A point where something... |
| 3 | Middle English | clyf | A cliff; a heavily sloped hillside or... |
| 4 | Old English | clif | a cliff; a group of rocks or crag |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *klib | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | klibą | cliff, rock |