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Where does “kluftiz” come from?

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

kluftiz (Proto-Germanic): splitting

Definitions

  1. splitting

Ancestry of “kluftiz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kluftiz”

  • cleft
  • clefting
  • clefted
  • pseudocleft
  • noncleft
  • uncleft
  • pseudoclefting
  • cleftgraft
  • cleft grafting
  • Kluft
  • klucht
  • klyfta
  • klassklyfta
  • clift
  • ġeclyft
  • klyft
  • kluft
  • clucht
  • cluft
  • kluft
  • kluft
  • kluft
  • klucht
Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →