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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)
- (now chiefly dialectal) A room; chamber.
- (now chiefly dialectal) A cottage.
- (obsolete) A cliff or hillside.
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”)
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