Where does “wīo” come from?

wīo (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic wīwô, from Indo-European *weyh₁-.

wīo (Old High German): kite bird of prey

Definitions

  1. kite bird of prey

Ancestry of “wīo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicwīwôbird of prey
2Indo-European*weyh₁-—

Words derived from “wīo”

Every word from Indo-European *weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic wīwô →