Where does “käuen” come from?

käuen (German) comes 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.

käuen (German): chew

Definitions

  1. chew

Ancestry of “käuen”, step by step

käuen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle High German kūwen

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

via Middle High German kiuwen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankiuwen—
2Old High Germankiuwan—

Words derived from “käuen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kewwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic keuwan →