Where does “wīwer” come from?
wīwer (Middle High German) comes from Old High German wīwāri, from Proto-Germanic *wīwārī, from Latin vīvārium, from Latin vīvō, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.
Ancestry of “wīwer”, step by step
Words derived from “wīwer”