Where does “kafl” come from?
kafl (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic kaflaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵóp-wl̥ ~ ǵép-uns, from Proto-Indo-European ǵep- — to eat, chew.
kafl (Proto-West Germanic): jaw
Ancestry of “kafl”, step by step
Words derived from “kafl”