Where does “kluft” come from?

kluft (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon *kluft, from Proto-Germanic kluftiz, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

Ancestry of “kluft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxon*kluft—
2Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
3Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “kluft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kluftiz →