cleve
See also: Cleve
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editcleve (plural cleves)
Middle Dutch
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editRelated to clef (“cliff”); the town is one of the highest points in the region.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editclēve ?
- 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
editFurther reading
edit- “cleve”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
Middle English
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old English clēofa, from Proto-Germanic *klebô.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcleve (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
editVerb
editcleve
- Alternative form of cleven (“to split”)
Etymology 3
editVerb
editcleve
- Alternative form of cleven (“to stick”)
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