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

Definitions

  1. to cleave, split

Ancestry of “kljúfa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kljúfa”

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