Where does “kimo” come from?

kimo (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kīmō, from Proto-Germanic kīmô, from Proto-Germanic kī-, from Proto-Indo-European gī- — to sing, to call, to shout.

kimo (Old Dutch): sprout, germ

Definitions

  1. sprout, germ

Ancestry of “kimo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kīmō—
2Proto-Germanickīmôsprout, germ
3Proto-Germanickī-to split open, germinate, sprout
4Proto-Indo-Europeangī-to sing, to call, to shout
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gī- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kī- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kīmô →