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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/ǵyewh₁-

This Proto-Indo-European 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.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*ǵyewh₁-

  1. to chew

Derived terms
  • *ǵyewh₁-neh₂
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *źjáuˀnāˀ (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-West Germanic: *kauā (“jaw”)
      • Middle English: *chawe
        • English: chawe (“jaw”), chaw (“jaw”) (en, obsolete)
        • Middle English: jawe, jowe, geowe (enm, alteration)
      • Middle Dutch: kauwe (“fish jaw”), kouwe (“mouth cavity”)
      • German: Käu, Keu (“jaw, donkey jowl”) (de, dialectal)
    • Proto-Slavic: *žuka
    • Italic:

Descendants
  • Proto-Slavic: *žuti (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Germanic: *kewwaną (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Iranian: *ǰyawH-
    • Middle Persian: [script needed] (ywtn’ /⁠jūdan⁠/)
    • Pashto: ژول (žovạl, “to gnaw”)
      • Baluchi: جایگ (jáyag)
    • Parthian:
      • Northern Kurdish: cûtin (“to chew”)
  • Tocharian:
    • Tocharian B: śuwaṃ (“to eat”)

Further reading
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