Where does “Kluft” come from?
Kluft (German) comes from Old High German kluft, from Proto-Germanic kluftiz, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.
Kluft (German): cleft, fissure, joint; gap, gulf, rift
Definitions
- cleft, fissure, joint; gap, gulf, rift
Ancestry of “Kluft”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | kluft | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kluftiz | splitting |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kleubaną | to split, to cleave |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | glewbʰ- | to split |