Where does “klȳva” come from?
klȳva (Old Swedish) comes from Old Norse kljúfa, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.
Ancestry of “klȳva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | kljúfa | to cleave, split |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kleubaną | to split, to cleave |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | glewbʰ- | to split |