Where does “kiv” come from?

kiv (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish kif, from Proto-Germanic kībaną, from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- — to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew.

kiv (Swedish): row; argument

Definitions

  1. row; argument

Ancestry of “kiv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishkif—
2Proto-Germanickībanąto quarrel
3Proto-Indo-Europeangeybʰ-to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew
Every word from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kībaną →Every word from Old Swedish kif →
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