Comparative evidence

2.i̯eu̯

• OInd. yu-/yuch- 'separate' (Whitney 1885: 132); 'keep away', 'drive away', 'ward off', 'exclude', 'protect' (from); 'keep aloof', 'be separated', 'remain separated' (from) (MW: 852-853)

References

MW = Monier-Williams, M. 1899. A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Clarendon Press.
Whitney 1885 = Whitney W. D. 1885. The roots, verb forms and primary derivatives of the Sanskrit language. A supplement to his Sanskrit grammar. Leipzig.