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

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Root

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*ǵyewh₁-

  1. to chew

Derived terms

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  • *ǵyewh₁-neh₂
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *źjáuˀnāˀ (see there for further descendants)
  • Unsorted formations:
    • Proto-West Germanic: *kauā (jaw)
      • Middle English: *chawe
      • Middle Dutch: kauwe (fish jaw), kouwe (mouth cavity)
      • German: Käu, Keu (jaw, donkey jowl) (de, dialectal)
    • Proto-Slavic: *žuka
    • Italic:

Descendants

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  • 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)
    • Parthian:
      • Northern Kurdish: cûtin (to chew)
  • Tocharian:

Further reading

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