Where does “clēofan” come from?

clēofan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kleuban, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

clēofan (Old English): to separate, split, divide; to cleave, split; to...

Definitions

  1. to separate, split, divide; to cleave, split; to...

Ancestry of “clēofan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickleubanto split, to cleave
2Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “clēofan”

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