Where does “kafą” come from?

kafą (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ǵebʰ- — jaw, mouth; to eat, chew; branch.

kafą (Proto-Germanic): chaff

Definitions

  1. chaff

Ancestry of “kafą”, step by step

kafą traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European ǵebʰ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵebʰ-jaw, mouth; to eat, chew; branch

via Proto-Indo-European ǵep-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵep-to eat, chew

Words derived from “kafą”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵebʰ- →