Where does “Kaugummi” come from?

Kaugummi (German) comes from German käuen, from Middle High German kūwen, from Old High German kūwen, from Proto-West Germanic keuwan, from Proto-Germanic kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- — to chew.

Kaugummi (German): chewing gum

Definitions

  1. chewing gum

Ancestry of “Kaugummi”, step by step

Kaugummi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German käuen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankäuenchew
2Middle High Germankūwen—
3Old High Germankūwen—
4Proto-West Germanickeuwanto chew
5Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

via German Gummi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGummirubber, gum; rubber band, elastic band; condom,...
2LatincummiAlternative form of cummis
3Ancient Greekκόμμιgum, obtained from babul
4Egyptianqmyanointing oil

Words derived from “Kaugummi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →