Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kaf

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 This Proto-West Germanic 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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵep-, *ǵebʰ- (“jaw, mouth; to eat, chew, devour”).

Noun

*kaf n

  1. chaff

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kaf
Genitive *kafas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kaf *kafu
Accusative *kaf *kafu
Genitive *kafas *kafō
Dative *kafē *kafum
Instrumental *kafu *kafum

Descendants

References

  • Norbruis, Stefan (2015) “tsjêf”, in Etymological Dictionary of West Frisian Farming Vocabulary‎, Leiden: Leiden University, page 42.
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