Where does “קײַען” come from?

קײַען (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German kūwen, from Old High German kūwen, from Proto-West Germanic keuwan, from Proto-Germanic kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- — to chew.

קײַען (Yiddish): to chew

Definitions

  1. to chew

Ancestry of “קײַען”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankūwen—
2Old High Germankūwen—
3Proto-West Germanickeuwanto chew
4Proto-Germanickewwanąto chew
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵyewh₁-to chew

Words derived from “קײַען”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵyewh₁- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kewwaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic keuwan →