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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱih₃-wó-s
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃-darkness, shadow

Words derived from “*kiwos

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱih₃-wó-s