Low German klöven

← English cleave (cognate)

← Proto-Germanic *klaubijaną (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (mention)

← Middle Low German klö̂ven (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (root)

← Low German kleven (mention)

← Dutch kloven (cognate)

← Dutch klieven (mention)

← Old Saxon klōvian (inherited)