Where does “kivas” come from?

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

kivas (Swedish): to bicker, to argue

Definitions

to bicker, to argue

Ancestry of “kivas”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old Norse	kífa	—
2	Proto-Germanic	kībaną	to quarrel
3	Proto-Indo-European	geybʰ-	to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew

Every word from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kībaną →Every word from Old Norse kífa →