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
      • 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/)
        • Persian: جویدن (“to chew”)
        • Northern Luri: ژایێ (jayı)
      • Pashto: ژول (žovạl, “to gnaw”)
      • Parthian:
        • Northern Kurdish: cûtin (“to chew”)
        • Baluchi: جایگ (jáyag)
    • Tocharian:
      • Tocharian B: śuwaṃ (“to eat”)

    Further reading

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