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Where does “ċeafl” come from?

ċeafl (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kafl, from Proto-Germanic kaflaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵóp-wl̥ ~ ǵép-uns, from Proto-Indo-European ǵep- — to eat, chew.

ċeafl (Old English): a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek,...

Definitions

  1. a bill, beak, snout, jaw, jaw-bone, cheek,...

Ancestry of “ċeafl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickafljaw
2Proto-Germanickaflazjaw
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵóp-wl̥ ~ ǵép-uns—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵep-to eat, chew

Words derived from “ċeafl”

  • shiver
  • jowl
  • shivery
  • jowled
  • jowly
  • shiverer
  • ashiver
  • chavel
  • shiveriness
  • jowler
  • jowliness
  • shiversome
  • chawl
  • chavel
  • choule
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