Where does “clift” come from?
clift (Middle English) comes from Old English ġeclyft, from Proto-West Germanic *klufti, from Proto-Germanic kluftiz, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.
clift (Middle English): A cleft; a fission, fissure, or split in...
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- A cleft; a fission, fissure, or split in...
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