*kaflaz

Runic: ᚲᚨᚠᛚᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɸ.lɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

jaw

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵóp-wl̥ ~ *ǵép-uns, from *ǵep- (‘to eat, chew’). Cognate with Old Norse kjaptr (‘jaw’), from Proto-Germanic *kefutaz both paralleling *habulō (‘head’), *haubudą (‘head’), from *kap- (‘head’). Perhaps also cognate with Proto-Slavic *žьvàti (‘to chew’) (whence Serbo-Croatian žvakati), Proto-Celtic *gobbos (‘muzzle, snout’) (whence Middle Irish gop). See also Proto-Slavic *zȍbь (‘fodder’).

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.kaflazkaflōz, kaflōs
Acc.kafląkaflanz
Gen.kaflas, kafliskaflǫ̂
Dat.kaflaikaflamaz
Inst.kaflōkaflamiz
Voc.kaflkaflōz, kaflōs

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Descendants

  • *kafl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *kaval (Old Dutch)
      • cavel (Middle Dutch)
        • kavel (Dutch)
  • *kafl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • ċeafl (Old English)
      • chavel, chevel, chaule, chawel, chavyl, chawil, chawyl, chavalle, chaul, chewil, chawle, chawl, chefle, chafle, jawe, jawle (Middle English)
        • jowl, chavel (English)
        • chowl, chow, chew (Scots)
        • choule (Yola)
  • *kafl (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kafl (Old Saxon)
      • kavel (Middle Low German)
  • káfl (Old Norse)

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