clyf
Middle English
/klif/
noun
Definitions
- A cliff; a heavily sloped hillside or mountainside.
- A hill, mountain, peak or promontory.
- The coast or shoreline; the bank or edge of a river.
Etymology
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
- Clifford English
- Cliffsend English
- Clifton English
- cliff 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
- seacliff English
- undercliff English
- *klibą Proto-Germanic
- klif Polish
- clif Old English
- clifiht Old English
- clifstan Old English
- clyve Middle English
- *klif Old Dutch
- kleb lng