Where does “klȳva” come from?

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

klȳva (Old Swedish): to split

Definitions

  1. to split

Ancestry of “klȳva”, step by step

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

Words derived from “klȳva”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Old Norse kljúfa →
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