Proto-West Germanic

*kleuban

‘to split, to cleave’

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

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *kleuban, most familiar first.

• clove ← klieven ← clieven ← *clievan
• cleave ← cleven ← clēofan
• forcleave ← forcleven ← cleven ← clēofan

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *kleuban