Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hiwjąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hiwją
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*ḱyeh₁-grey, dark shadeछविskin, beauty
nounneuterja-stemappearance, bleeform, shapemold, mildewDisputed. Either from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- (‘skin, cuticle, hide; beauty, splendour’) or from Proto-Indo-European *ḱyeh₁- (‘grey, dark shade’), or a merger of the two. Compare Sanskrit छवि (chavi, ‘skin, beauty’).