Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/keuwā

This Proto-West Germanic 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *keuwan (“to chew”).

Noun

*keuwā f

1. jaw
2. gill

   Synonym: *kijō

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*keuwā
Genitive	*keuwōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*keuwā	*keuwōn
Accusative	*keuwōn	*keuwōn
Genitive	*keuwōn	*keuwōnō
Dative	*keuwōn	*keuwōm, *keuwum
Instrumental	*keuwōn	*keuwōm, *keuwum

Alternative reconstructions

• *kiuwijā

Descendants

• Old English: *ċēowe, *ċīewe
  • >? Middle English: *chewe, *chowe, jowe (possibly; possibly influenced or merged with Old French joue)
    • English: chaw, jaw
    • Scots: jow
    • >? Scots: chow
• Old Frisian: *kiāwe, *kiōwe, *kiūwe
  • Saterland Frisian: Kiuwe, Keeuwe, Käuwe (“jaw, chin”) (alternatively from Low German)
  • West Frisian: kiuw (“gill; jaw, jawbone”) (alternatively from Dutch)
• Old Saxon: *kiowa, *kiuwa
  • Middle Low German: kêwe, keiwe, kiwe
• Old Dutch: *kiowa, *kiuwa, *kūwa
  • Middle Dutch: kieuwe, cauwe, cawe, cuwe, couwe
    • Dutch: kieuw, kuw, (obsolete) kauw
• Old High German: kiuwa, kewa, kouwa
  • Middle High German: kiwe, kiuwe, kewe, kouwe
    • German: Keu, Käu (dialectal)