Where does “ceg” come from?

ceg (Welsh) comes from Old English ċēace, from Proto-West Germanic kākā, from Proto-Germanic kēkǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- — to chew.

ceg (Welsh): mouth

Definitions

  1. mouth

Ancestry of “ceg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishċēacejaw, cheek; jaw; cheek
2Proto-West Germanickākājaw, cheek
3Proto-Germanickēkǭ—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

Words derived from “ceg”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →