Where does “*kiwos” come from?
*kiwos (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱih₃-wó-s, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃- — darkness, shadow.
Ancestry of “*kiwos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱih₃-wó-s | — |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃- | darkness, shadow |