Where does “vivacchiare” come from?

vivacchiare (Italian) comes from Italian vivere, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

vivacchiare (Italian): To scrape a living

Definitions

  1. To scrape a living

Ancestry of “vivacchiare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvivereto live; to be alive; to subsist; to be
2Latinvīvōto live
3Proto-Italicgʷīwōlive, be alive
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷíh₃wetito live, to be alive
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
6Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti →