Where does “kløft” come from?

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

kløft (Norwegian Bokmål): landform a gorge

Definitions

  1. landform a gorge

Ancestry of “kløft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankluft—
2Old Saxon*kluft—
3Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
4Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kluftiz →