Where does “keimen” come from?

keimen (German) comes from Middle High German kīmen, from Middle High German kīme, from Old High German kīmo, from Proto-West Germanic *kīmō, from Proto-Germanic kīmô, from Proto-Germanic kī-, from Proto-Indo-European gī- — to sing, to call, to shout.

keimen (German): "intransitive"; to sprout, germinate; to stir

Definitions

  1. "intransitive"; to sprout, germinate; to stir

Ancestry of “keimen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankīmen—
2Middle High Germankīmesprout
3Old High Germankīmogerm
4Proto-West Germanic*kīmō—
5Proto-Germanickīmôsprout, germ
6Proto-Germanickī-to split open, germinate, sprout
7Proto-Indo-Europeangī-to sing, to call, to shout

Words derived from “keimen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gī- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kī- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kīmô →