Where does “ġeclofen” come from?
ġeclofen (Old English) comes from Old English clēofan, from Proto-West Germanic kleuban, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.
Ancestry of “ġeclofen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | clēofan | to separate, split, divide; to cleave, split; to... |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kleuban | to split, to cleave |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kleubaną | to split, to cleave |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | glewbʰ- | to split |
Words derived from “ġeclofen”