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Where does “kefutaz” come from?

kefutaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ǵép-uns, from Proto-Indo-European ǵep- — to eat, chew.

Ancestry of “kefutaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵép-uns—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵep-to eat, chew

Words derived from “kefutaz”

  • käft
  • käftis
  • samkjafta
  • kjaftur
  • kjaptr
  • svartkjaftaveiða
  • svartkjaftur
  • kjaftur
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