Where does “biwos” come from?

biwos (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

biwos (Proto-Celtic): alive, living; mortal

Definitions

  1. alive, living; mortal

Ancestry of “biwos”, step by step

biwos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

via Indo-European *gʷih₃wós

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indo-European*gʷih₃wós—

Words derived from “biwos”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →