Proto-Indo-European

*glewbʰ-

‘to split, carve’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-.

19 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-, most familiar first.

• clive ← cliven ← klyfja ← *kleubaną
• cleft ← clift ← ġeclyft ← *klufti ← *kluftiz
• clapper ← clapier ← clapier ← clapier ← claperius
• clove ← clufu ← *klubu ← *klubō
• cleave ← cleven ← clēofan ← *kleuban ← *kleubaną
• glyph ← glyphe ← γλυφή ← γλύφω ← *glúpʰō
• cleve ← cleofa ← *klebô
• kloof ← clove ← *klubō ← *klubô
• glume ← gluma ← *glouβ(s)mā ← *gl(e/o)wbʰ-m-eh₂
• anaglyptograph ← ἀνάγλυπτος ← γλύφω ← *glúpʰō ← *glúbʰeti
• forcleave ← forcleven ← cleven ← clēofan ← *kleuban
• galvanoglyphy ← γλυφή ← γλύφω ← *glúpʰō ← *glúbʰeti

More words from *glewbʰ-

• glyptodont
• glyptodon
• glyptotheque
• photoglyphy
• phytoglyphy
• triglyph
• xyloglyphy

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-