Proto-Germanic

*kleubaną

‘to split, to cleave’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *kleubaną.

5 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną, most familiar first.

• clive ← cliven ← klyfja
• cleft ← clift ← ġeclyft ← *klufti ← *kluftiz
• clove ← klieven ← clieven ← *clievan ← *kleuban
• cleave ← cleven ← clēofan ← *kleuban
• forcleave ← forcleven ← cleven ← clēofan ← *kleuban

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kleubaną