Where does “klyftig” come from?

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

klyftig (Swedish): clifty, full of clefts and cracks, like a cleft or crack (of a mountain)

Definitions

  1. clifty, full of clefts and cracks, like a cleft or crack (of a mountain)

Ancestry of “klyftig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishklyftaa clove; a separate bulb of a garlic; a...
2Old Norsekluft—
3Proto-Germanickluftizsplitting
4Proto-Germanickleubanąto split, to cleave
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglewbʰ-to split

Words derived from “klyftig”

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