Where does “clievan” come from?

clievan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

clievan (Old Dutch): to cleave

Definitions

  1. to cleave

Ancestry of “clievan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
2Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “clievan”

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