Where does “*kluft” come from?

*kluft (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic kluftiz, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

Ancestry of “*kluft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
2Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
3Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “*kluft”

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