Where does “*kwiku” come from?

*kwiku (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic kwikwaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

*kwiku (Proto-West Germanic): alive

Definitions

  1. alive

Ancestry of “*kwiku”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickwikwazalive; lively, quick
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live

Words derived from “*kwiku”

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