Where does “kīmo” come from?

kīmo (Old High German) 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.

kīmo (Old High German): germ

Definitions

  1. germ

Ancestry of “kīmo”, 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

Words derived from “kīmo”

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