Where does “kljúfa” come from?

kljúfa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse kljúfa, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

kljúfa (Icelandic): to split, cleave

Definitions

  1. to split, cleave

Ancestry of “kljúfa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekljúfato cleave, split
2Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “kljúfa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Old Norse kljúfa →
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