An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Klinse

by Friedrich Kluge

Klinse, Klinze, f., ‘cleft,’ from MidHG. klinse, klimse, and with a different stage of gradation klunse, klumse, klumze, f., ‘slit’; OHG. *chlumuȥa, chlimuȥa, is wanting. Origin obscure.