klofta

See also: kløfta and Kløfta

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Kolberg points to german Klafter, but semantics are weak, and consider Polish klafta”)

Pronunciation

Noun

klofta f

  1. (Central Greater Poland) synonym of szczep

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “klofta”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19