Where does “viaș” come from?

viaș (Romanian) comes from Romanian vie, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti, from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós, from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- — to live.

Ancestry of “viaș”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Romanian	vie	vineyard; vine; nominative feminine singular of...
2	Latin	vīvere	—
3	Proto-Italic	gʷīwō	live, be alive
4	Proto-Indo-European	gʷíh₃weti	to live, to be alive
5	Proto-Indo-European	gʷih₃wós	alive, living
6	Proto-Indo-European	gʷeih₃w-	to live

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷeih₃w- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷih₃wós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷíh₃weti →