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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishclēofanto separate, split, divide; to cleave, split; to...
2Proto-West Germanickleubanto split, to cleave
3Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “ġeclofen”

  • cloven
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