kjaptr
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]kjaptr m
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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’”
- ^ 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
[edit]- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kjaptr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive