Where does “digitale Kluft” come from?

digitale Kluft (German) comes from German kluft, from Old High German kluft, from Proto-Germanic kluftiz, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

digitale Kluft (German): digital divide the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the internet, and those who do not

Definitions

  1. digital divide the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the internet, and those who do not

Ancestry of “digitale Kluft”, step by step

digitale Kluft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German kluft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankluftcleft, fissure, joint
2Old High Germankluft—
3Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
4Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

via German digitale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germandigitale
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kluftiz →