cliff

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English word cliff comes from Proto-Indo-European *gley-, and later Proto-Germanic *klībaną (To stick, cling to.)

*gley- (Proto-Indo-European)

to stick, smudge, to stick

*gleybʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)

*klībaną (Proto-Germanic)

To stick, cling to.

*klibą (Proto-Germanic)

Cliff, rock.

clif (Old English)

A cliff; a group of rocks or crag.

cliff (English)

A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.

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