French esquiver

← Spanish esquivar (derived)

← Spanish esquivo (mention)

← Middle French esquiver (inherited)

← Old French eschiver (derived)

← Proto-West Germanic *skiuhan (derived)

→ English skew (cognate)

→ English skive (derived)

→ English skiver (mention)

→ English esquivalience (derived)

→ Spanish esquivar (cognate)

→ Romanian eschiva (borrowed)