Reconstruction:Old English/ceowe

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This Old English entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old English

Alternative forms

  • *ċīewe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *keuwā, *kiuwijā (“jaw; gill”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*ċēowe f

  1. jaw

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative *ċēowe *ċēowan
accusative *ċēowan *ċēowan
genitive *ċēowan *ċēowena
dative *ċēowan *ċēowum

Descendants

  • Middle English: *chewe, *chowe, >? jowe (possibly influenced by or merged with Old French joue, or borrowed therefrom and unrelated)
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