Where does “Kluft” come from?

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

Kluft (Plautdietsch): ravine, abyss, chasm

Definitions

  1. ravine, abyss, chasm

Ancestry of “Kluft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankluft—
2Old Saxon*kluft—
3Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
4Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kluftiz →
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