OriginFrom Old Swedish klȳva, from Old Norse kljúfa, from Proto-Germanic *kleubaną (“to cleave, split”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ-.
- to split, to cleave
“klyva stockar” — split logs
Formsklyver(present) · klöv(preterite) · kluvit(supine) · klyvt(supine) · klyv(imperative) · klyva(active, infinitive) · klyvas(infinitive, passive) · kluvit(active, supine) · kluvits(passive, supine) · klyv(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · klyven(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · klyver(active, indicative, present) · klöv(active, indicative, past) · klyvs(indicative, passive, present) · klyves(indicative, passive, present) · klövs(indicative, passive, past) · klyva(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · klövo(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past)