klöven
Low German
verb
Definitions
- to split
- to divide
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Low German klö̂ven inherited from Old Saxon klōvian inherited from Proto-Germanic *klaubijaną (cleave) root from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (split, cut, carve, peel, divide, slice, cleave).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*glewbʰ-
Gloss
split, cut, carve, peel, divide, slice, cleave
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autocleave English
- cleavability English
- cleavable English
- cleavage English
- cleave English
- cleaver English
- cleavest English
- cleaveth English
- geoglyph English
- miscleave English
- photocleave English
- recleave English
- tocleave English
- glubo Latin
- glūma Latin
- kloven Dutch, Flemish
- γλυπτός Ancient Greek
- γλύφω Ancient Greek
- *glewbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *(ga)kluftiz, *kluftiz Proto-Germanic
- *klaubijaną Proto-Germanic
- *klebô Proto-Germanic
- *kleubaną Proto-Germanic
- *kluftiz Proto-Germanic
- cleven Middle English
- *glǫb Proto-Slavic
- *clievan Old Dutch
- mdw nṯr Egyptian
- klö̂ven Middle Low German
- klōvian Old Saxon