Where does “klyft” come from?

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

Ancestry of “klyft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
2Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kluftiz →