cliff
English
/klɪf/
noun
Definitions
- A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
- (figurative) A point where something abruptly fails or decreases in value etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English clyf inherited from Old English clif (cliff) inherited from Proto-Germanic *klibą.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*klibą
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Cleveland English
- Clevelander English
- Clifford English
- Cliffsend English
- Clifton English
- bound English
- cliffbound English
- cliffed English
- cliffgreen English
- cliffhanger English
- cliffing English
- cliffless English
- clifflike English
- cliffline English
- cliffrose English
- cliffscape English
- cliffside English
- clifftop English
- cliffy English
- end English
- green English
- hanger English
- land English
- line English
- rose English
- sea English
- seacliff English
- side English
- top English
- undercliff English
- Cliffhanger German
- *klibą Proto-Germanic
- クリーブランド Japanese
- klif Polish
- klifowy Polish
- clif Old English
- clifiht Old English
- clifstan Old English
- Cleveland Middle English
- clyf Middle English
- clyve Middle English
- sæclif Middle English
- *glibъ Proto-Slavic
- глиб Bulgarian
- קליבלנד Hebrew (modern)
- *klif Old Dutch
- kleb lng