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