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
- to cleave, to split; to split, to be split
Ancestry of “clieven”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | clievan | to cleave |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kleubaną | to split, to cleave |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | glewbʰ- | to split |
Words derived from “clieven”