Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kewwaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (compare Latin gingīva (“gums”), Tocharian B śuwaṃ (“to eat”), Polish żuć (“to chew”), Persian جویدن (javidan), Pashto [script needed] (žovạl, “to bite, gnaw”)).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit- to chew
Inflection
editConjugation of *kewwaną (strong class 2)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *keuwan
- Old Norse: tyggja, tyggva (< *kjuwwa; t- maybe from synonym tǫgla or from dissimilation)
References
edit- ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*kewwan-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 286-287
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*kewwanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[1], Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 213