kjaptr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Germanic *kefutaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵóp-wl̥, *ǵép-uns, from *ǵep- (“to eat, chew”).[1][2] See also English jowl, Dutch kabbelen (“to babble”).

Noun

kjaptr m

  1. jaw
  2. gaping jaws

Declension

Declension of kjaptr (strong a-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kjaptr kjaptrinn kjaptar kjaptarnir
accusative kjapt kjaptinn kjapta kjaptana
dative kjapti kjaptinum kjǫptum kjǫptunum
genitive kjapts kjaptsins kjapta kjaptanna

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: kjaftur
  • Faroese: kjaftur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kjeft
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kjeft
  • Swedish: käft
  • Danish: kæft
  • → Northern Middle English: chaft, chafte, chaffte, schaft

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 255: “*ĝeP- ‘± eat, masticate’”
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Kiefer¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kjaptr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive
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