Where does “Aivita” come from?
Aivita (Latvian) comes from Latvian Aiva, from Latvian Aivis, from Latvian Aivars, from Latvian Ivars, from Swedish Ivar, from Old Norse Ívarr, from Proto-Norse *ᛁᚹᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ, from Proto-Germanic harjaz — army.
Ancestry of “Aivita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | Aiva | — |
| 2 | Latvian | Aivis | — |
| 3 | Latvian | Aivars | — |
| 4 | Latvian | Ivars | — |
| 5 | Swedish | Ivar | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | Ívarr | — |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | *ᛁᚹᚨᚺᚨᚱᛃᚨᛉ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |