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

Definitions

  1. cleft, fissure, joint

Ancestry of “kluft”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kluft”

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