gleubh- — gleubh English meaning: to cut, slice, pare Deutsche Übersetzung: ‘schneiden, klieben, schnitzen, abschälen” Material: Gk. γλύφω “ carve from, carve out, cut out with a knife; engrave; to NOTE down [on tablets] “, γλυφίς, ίδος f.… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
γλύφω — (AM γλύφω) 1. λαξεύω με γλύφανο σκληρή ύλη, σκαλίζω 2. χαράσσω διακοσμητικές παραστάσεις σε σκληρή ύλη αρχ. Ι. καταγράφω («γλύφων τόκους» για τον τοκογλύφο που καταγράφει λεπτομερώς τί τού χρωστάνε) II. γλύφομαι 1. βάζω κάποιον άλλο να κάνει… … Dictionary of Greek
cleave — [OE] There are two distinct verbs cleave in English, both of Germanic origin. Cleave ‘cut’ comes from Germanic *kleuban, which goes back to an Indo European base *gleubh (this also produced Greek glúphein ‘carve’, source of English hieroglyphics) … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
clove — There are two distinct words clove in English. In clove of garlic [OE] the underlying notion is of ‘cutting’; the head of garlic is as it were ‘divided up’ into separate sections. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo European base *gleubh… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
klieben — Vst. spalten per. Wortschatz arch. obd. (9. Jh.), mhd. klieben, ahd. klioban, as. klio␢an, mndd. kluven Stammwort. Aus g. * kleub a Vst. spalten , auch in anord. kljúfa, ae. clēofan. Außergermanisch vergleicht sich unter ig. (eur.) * gleubh… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
cleave — {{11}}cleave (1) to split, O.E. cleofan to split, separate (class II strong verb, past tense cleaf, past participle clofen), from P.Gmc. *kleubanan (Cf. O.S. klioban, O.N. kljufa, Dan. klöve, Du. kloven, O.H.G. klioban, Ger. klieben to cleave … Etymology dictionary
cleft — (n.) 1570s, altered (by influence of cleft, new weak pp. of CLEAVE (Cf. cleave) (1)), from M.E. clift (early 14c.), from O.E. geclyft (adj.) split, cloven, from P.Gmc. *kluftis (Cf. O.H.G., Ger. kluft, Dan. klèft cleft ), from PIE *gleubh (see… … Etymology dictionary
clove — {{11}}clove (1) dried flowerbud of a tropical tree, used as a spice, late 15c., earlier clowes (14c.), from Anglo Fr. clowes de gilofre (c.1200), O.Fr. clou de girofle nail of gillyflower, so called from its shape, from L. clavus a nail (see SLOT … Etymology dictionary
glyph — 1727, ornamental groove in architecture, from Fr. glyphe (1701), from Gk. glyphe a carving, from glyphein to hollow out, cut out with a knife, engrave, carve, from PIE root *gleubh to cut, slice (Cf. L. glubere to peel, shell, strip, O.E. cleofan … Etymology dictionary
klieben — (veraltet, aber noch mdal. für:) »‹sich› spalten«: Das altgerm. starke Verb mhd. klieben, ahd. chliuban, engl. to cleave, schwed. klyva geht mit verwandten Wörtern in anderen idg. Sprachen auf eine Wurzelform *gleubh »hauen, spalten, schneiden«… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
