Where does “couwen” come from?

couwen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kiuwan, from Proto-West Germanic keuwan, from Proto-Germanic kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- — to chew.

couwen (Middle Dutch): to chew

Definitions

  1. to chew

Ancestry of “couwen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchkiuwanto chew
2Proto-West Germanickeuwanto chew
3Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

Words derived from “couwen”

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