cleve
See also: Cleve
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English cleve, from Old English clēofa, clēafa (“that which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, cave, den, lair, cell, chamber, cellar, apartment”), from Proto-Germanic *klebô (“chamber, cell”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, cleave, split, divide”). Cognate with Old Norse klefi (“a closet, sleeping closet, bedroom”) (whence Icelandic klefi (“cell, compartment”)). Related to cleave.
Noun edit
cleve (plural cleves)
Middle Dutch edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Related to clef (“cliff”); the town is one of the highest points in the region.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clēve ?
- Cleves (a city in modern Germany)
- Cleves (a duchy and county)
- 1432 CE, Brabantsche Yeesten book VI:
- na dat si weduwe bleven was van den greve van cleve haren man
- After she was left widow of the count of Cleves, her husband
- 1432 CE, Brabantsche Yeesten book VI:
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “cleve”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old English clēofa, from Proto-Germanic *klebô.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cleve (plural cleves)
Descendants edit
- English: cleve
References edit
- “clēve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
cleve
- Alternative form of cleven (“to split”)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
cleve
- Alternative form of cleven (“to stick”)