Where does “shiv” come from?

shiv (English) comes from English chive, from Middle English cyve, from Old French civé, from Latin cēpa — onion.

shiv (English): A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned...

Definitions

  1. A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned...

Ancestry of “shiv”, step by step

shiv traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English chive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchiveA perennial plant, "Allium schoenoprasum",...
2Middle Englishcyvechive; Alternative form of sive
3Old Frenchcivéchive
4Latincēpaonion

via English chiv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchivAlternative form of shiv; knife
2Romanichivvomengroknife, dagger, blade

via English chife

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishchife—
Every word from Latin cēpa →Every word from Old French civé →Every word from Middle English cyve →