Where does “kiven” come from?
kiven (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kīvan, from Proto-West Germanic kīban, from Proto-Germanic kībaną, from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- — to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew.
Ancestry of “kiven”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | kīvan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kīban | to quarrel |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kībaną | to quarrel |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | geybʰ- | to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew |
Words derived from “kiven”