Where does “cheeks” come from?

Cheeks comes from Middle English cheke, Old English ċēce, Proto-Germanic kakǭ, and Proto-Indo-European gog, with origins ultimately uncertain.

cheeks (English): plural of cheek; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of cheek; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “cheeks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcheekThe soft skin on each side of the face, below the...
2Middle Englishcheeke—
3Old Englishċēce—
4Proto-West Germanickākājaw, cheek
5Proto-Germanickēkǭ—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

Words derived from “cheeks”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kēkǭ →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kākā →