Where does “käft” come from?

käft (Swedish) comes from Old Norse kjaptr, from Proto-Germanic kefutaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵép-uns, from Proto-Indo-European ǵep- — to eat, chew.

käft (Swedish): a mouth, a jaw; a person

Definitions

  1. a mouth, a jaw; a person

Ancestry of “käft”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsekjaptrjaw; gaping jaws
2Proto-Germanickefutaz—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵép-uns—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵep-to eat, chew

Words derived from “käft”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵep- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵép-uns →Every word from Proto-Germanic kefutaz →