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Where does “kleubaną” come from?

kleubaną (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

kleubaną (Proto-Germanic): to split, to cleave

Definitions

  1. to split, to cleave

Ancestry of “kleubaną”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “kleubaną”

  • cleavage
  • cleft
  • cleave
  • cleaving
  • cloven
  • cleaver
  • cleavers
  • clefting
  • clevis
  • cleaveth
  • cleavable
  • clefted
  • pseudocleft
  • cleavability
  • noncleft
  • autocleavage
  • photocleavage
  • uncleavable
  • uncleft
  • cleavest
  • photocleavable
  • uncloven
  • noncleavable
  • cleavaged
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