klyfta
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a clove; a separate bulb of a garlic
- a wedge-shaped part of a fruit, either cut into shape or naturally formed (as with e.g. oranges)
- a cleft
- cleavage
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse kluft derived from Proto-Germanic *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
- geoglyph 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
- klass Swedish
- klassklyfta Swedish
- klyftig Swedish
- ġeclyft Old English
- kluft Old Norse
- *glǫb Proto-Slavic
- kluft Old High German
- kluft Faroese
- *clievan Old Dutch
- *kluft Old Dutch
- mdw nṯr Egyptian