Where does “kluft” come from?
kluft (Faroese) comes from Old Norse kluft, from Proto-Germanic kluftiz, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.
kluft (Faroese): cleft
Ancestry of “kluft”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | kluft | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kluftiz | splitting |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kleubaną | to split, to cleave |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | glewbʰ- | to split |