Where does “kif” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kif”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kif”

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