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

Definitions

  1. cleft

Ancestry of “kluft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekluft—
2Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
3Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kluftiz →