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
Ancestry of “clievan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | kleubaną | to split, to cleave |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | glewbʰ- | to split |
Words derived from “clievan”