Where does “Iva” come from?

Iva (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Ivo, from Serbo-Croatian Ìvan, from Old Church Slavonic Їѡанъ, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης, from Hebrew יוחנן, from Hebrew חנון, from Moroccan Arabic خنونة, from Arabic خُنَّة.

Iva (Serbo-Croatian): osier

Definitions

  1. osier

Ancestry of “Iva”, step by step

Iva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian Ivo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-CroatianIvo—
2Serbo-CroatianÌvanIvan, John
3Old Church SlavonicЇѡанъ—
4Ancient GreekἸωάννης—
5HebrewיוחנןYahweh is gracious
6Hebrewחנוןgracious, merciful, compassionate; passive...
7Moroccan Arabicخنونةmucus, snot
8Arabicخُنَّة—

via Proto-Slavic jьva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicjьvawillow
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*éiˀwāˀ—
3Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew
Every word from Arabic خُنَّة →Every word from Moroccan Arabic خنونة →Every word from Hebrew חנון →