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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From *keuwan (“to chew”).
Noun
*keuwā f
- jaw
- gill
- Synonym: *kijō
Inflection
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Singular
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| Nominative
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*keuwā
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| Genitive
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*keuwōn
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*keuwā
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*keuwōn
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| Accusative
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*keuwōn
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*keuwōn
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| Genitive
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*keuwōn
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*keuwōnō
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| Dative
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*keuwōn
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*keuwōm, *keuwum
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| Instrumental
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*keuwōn
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*keuwōm, *keuwum
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Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
- Old English: *ċēowe, *ċīewe
- Middle English: *chewe, *chowe, >? jowe (possibly influenced by or merged with Old French joue, or borrowed therefrom and unrelated)
- Old Frisian: *kiāwe, *kiōwe, *kiūwe
- Saterland Frisian: Kiuwe, Keeuwe, Käuwe (“jaw, chin”) (alternatively from Low German)
- West Frisian: kiuw (“gill; jaw, jawbone”) (alternatively from Dutch)
- Old Saxon: *kiowa, *kiuwa
- Middle Low German: kêwe, keiwe, kiwe
- >? German Low German: Keev m
- Old Dutch: *kiewa
- Old High German: kiuwa, kewa, kouwa
- Middle High German: kiwe, kiuwe, kewe, kouwe
- German: Keu, Käu (dialectal)