Where does “kīm” come from?

kīm (Middle High German) comes 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.

Ancestry of “kīm”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kīm”

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