Where does “kífa” come from?

kífa (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic kībaną, from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- — to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew.

Ancestry of “kífa”, step by step

kífa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic kībaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickībanąto quarrel
2Proto-Indo-Europeangeybʰ-to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew

via Middle Low German kiven

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germankiven—

Words derived from “kífa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kībaną →
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