Where does “kljúfa” come from?
kljúfa (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.
kljúfa (Old Norse): to cleave, split
Ancestry of “kljúfa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | kleubaną | to split, to cleave |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | glewbʰ- | to split |
Words derived from “kljúfa”