Where does “clucht” come from?

clucht (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kluft, from Proto-Germanic kluftiz, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

Ancestry of “clucht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchkluft—
2Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
3Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kluftiz →