Where does “iwa” come from?

iwa (Polish) comes from Polish Iwona, from French Yvonne, from French Yves, from Proto-Celtic īwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.

iwa (Polish): goat willow

Definitions

  1. goat willow

Ancestry of “iwa”, step by step

iwa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish Iwona

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishIwona—
2FrenchYvonne—
3FrenchYvesborne by two French saints, and known in medieval romance
4Proto-Celticīwosyew
5Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew

via Proto-Slavic jьva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicjьvawillow
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*éiˀwāˀ—

Words derived from “iwa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Celtic īwos →Every word from French Yves →