Where does “ċēowan” come from?

ċēowan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic keuwan, from Proto-Germanic kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- — to chew.

ċēowan (Old English): to chew

Definitions

  1. to chew

Ancestry of “ċēowan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ċēowan”

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