Where does “jaw” come from?

Jaw comes from Middle English jawe and chawe, from Proto-Germanic kawǭ and kewǭ, from Proto-Germanic kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁-.

jaw (English): One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which...

Definitions

  1. One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which...

Ancestry of “jaw”, step by step

jaw traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English jawe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishjawe—
2Middle Englishchawejaw
3Proto-Germanickawǭjaw
4Proto-Germanickewǭ—
5Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

via Middle English jowe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishjowejaw, jawbone
2Old Frenchjoecheek
3Vulgar Latin*ga(v)ota—

via Middle English geowe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgeowe—

Words derived from “jaw”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kewwaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kewǭ →