cleft
English
/klɛft/
noun
Definitions
- An opening, fissure, or V-shaped indentation made by or as if by splitting.
- A piece made by splitting.
- A disease of horses; a crack on the band of the pastern.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English clift inherited from Old English ġeclyft inherited from Proto-Germanic *(ga)kluftiz, *kluftiz 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
- chin English
- cleft chin English
- clefted English
- cleftgraft English
- clefting English
- geoglyph English
- graft English
- noncleft English
- pseudocleft English
- pseudoclefting English
- uncleft English
- water English
- watercleft English
- glubo Latin
- glūma Latin
- Kluft German
- kloven Dutch, Flemish
- klucht 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
- ġeclyft Old English
- cleven Middle English
- clift Middle English
- *glǫb Proto-Slavic
- cluft Middle Dutch
- kluft Old High German
- *clievan Old Dutch
- mdw nṯr Egyptian