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

  1. cleft, fissure, joint; gap, gulf, rift

Ancestry of “Kluft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankluft—
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 →