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Where does “hivé” come from?

hivé (Norman) comes from Old French iver, from Latin hībernum, from Latin hībernus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey- — winter.

hivé (Norman): winter

Definitions

  1. winter

Ancestry of “hivé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchiverAlternative form of yver
2Latinhībernum—
3Latinhībernus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰey-winter
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