Where does “*ivus” come from?

*ivus (Vulgar Latin) comes from Proto-Celtic īwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- — yew.

Ancestry of “*ivus”, step by step

*ivus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic īwos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticīwosyew
2Proto-Indo-European*h₁eyHw-yew

via Proto-Germanic īhwaz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicīhwazyew; name of the I-rune

Words derived from “*ivus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyHw- →Every word from Proto-Celtic īwos →