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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *gʷeyǝ-
Meaning: to grow old, to perish
Old Indian: jināti `to become old', jyāni- f. `infirmity, old age', jīna- `old, aged', jyā́yas- 'elder', jívri- `old, worn out, decrepit'
Avestan: prs. ǰināiti `schwächt', inf. ǰayāi; aǰyamna- `sich nicht vermindernd, unversieglich'
Russ. meaning: стареть, пропадать
References: WP I 666 f
piet-meaning,piet-ind,piet-avest,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *kwīnan-, *kwinōn-; *kwīman-
Meaning: grow old, perish
Old English: cwīnan, prt. cwān `hinschwinden, abnehmen, kränkeln'
Middle Dutch: Kil. quijnen; quenen
Dutch: kwijnen
Middle Low German: quīnen
Low German: westfäl. kwīmen `kankeln', kwīmelig `verweichlicht'
Middle High German: verquīnen st. 'dahin schwinden'
germet-meaning,germet-prnum,germet-oengl,germet-mdutch,germet-dutch,germet-mlg,germet-lg,germet-mhg,
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