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Where does “cleafa” come from?

cleafa (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic klebô, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

cleafa (Old English): that which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, cave, den,...

Definitions

  1. that which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, cave, den,...

Ancestry of “cleafa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicklebôan apartment, a separate room or space; a...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “cleafa”

  • Cleveland
  • Clevelander
  • cleve
  • クリーブランド
  • Cleveland
  • cleve
  • Clyveland
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