Where does “žywy” come from?

žywy (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic živъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic gīˀwas, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

žywy (Lower Sorbian): alive, living; used with byś to mean ‘to live’

Definitions

  1. alive, living; used with byś to mean ‘to live’

Ancestry of “žywy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicživъalive, live, living
2Proto-Balto-Slavicgīˀwasalive
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “žywy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic gīˀwas →