Where does “tyggja” come from?

tyggja (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- — to chew.

tyggja (Old Norse): to chew

Definitions

  1. to chew

Ancestry of “tyggja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

Words derived from “tyggja”

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