Where does “klufða” come from?

klufða (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

klufða (Old Norse): to split, chop, cleave

Definitions

  1. to split, chop, cleave

Ancestry of “klufða”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
2Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →