Where does “clieven” come from?

clieven (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch clievan, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

clieven (Middle Dutch): to cleave, to split; to split, to be split

Definitions

  1. to cleave, to split; to split, to be split

Ancestry of “clieven”, step by step

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

Words derived from “clieven”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Old Dutch clievan →
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