Reconstruction:Old English/ceowe

This Old English 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.

Old English

Alternative forms

  • *ċīewe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *keuwā, *kiuwijā (“jaw; gill”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe͜oː.we/

Noun

*ċēowe f

  1. jaw

Declension

Weak n-stem:

singular plural
nominative *ċēowe *ċēowan
accusative *ċēowan *ċēowan
genitive *ċēowan *ċēowena
dative *ċēowan *ċēowum

Descendants

  • Middle English: *chewe, *chowe, >? jowe (possibly influenced by or merged with Old French joue, or borrowed therefrom and unrelated)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.