Where does “cloven” come from?

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

cloven (Middle Dutch): to cleave, to cut

Definitions

  1. to cleave, to cut

Ancestry of “cloven”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchclievento cleave, to split; to split, to be split
2Old Dutchclievanto cleave
3Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “cloven”

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