Where does “klyfta” come from?

klyfta (Swedish) comes from Old Norse kluft, from Proto-Germanic kluftiz, from Proto-Germanic kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- — to split.

klyfta (Swedish): a clove; a separate bulb of a garlic; a...

Definitions

  1. a clove; a separate bulb of a garlic; a...

Ancestry of “klyfta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekluft—
2Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
3Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
4Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “klyfta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European glewbʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kleubaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kluftiz →