Where does “kløver” come from?

kløver (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Danish kløve, from Old Norse kljúfa, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

kløver (Norwegian Bokmål): clover; club

Definitions

  1. clover; club

Ancestry of “kløver”, step by step

kløver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish kløve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkløvecleave, split
2Old Norsekljúfato cleave, split
3Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

via Middle Low German klēver

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanklēver—
2Proto-West Germanicklaibrāclover
3Proto-West Germanicklaiwʀā—
4Proto-West Germanicklaiw ~ klaiwiʀi—

Words derived from “kløver”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Old Norse kljúfa →