kauen
German (Berlin)
/ˈkaʊ̯ən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to chew
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German kūwen inherited from Old High German kiuwan derived from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (chew) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (chew).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵyewh₁-
Gloss
chew
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chew English
- chewable English
- chewer English
- cheweth English
- chewie English
- chewing English
- chewproof English
- chewstick English
- chewy English
- midchew English
- overchew English
- prechew English
- rechew English
- gingiva Latin
- gingīva Latin
- Gummi German
- Kaugummi German
- vorkauen German
- zerkauen German
- herkauwen Dutch, Flemish
- kauwen Dutch, Flemish
- kauwgom Dutch, Flemish
- *ǵyewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kawǭ Proto-Germanic
- *kekǭ Proto-Germanic
- *kewwandz Proto-Germanic
- *kewwaną Proto-Germanic
- ceowan Old English
- ċēowan Old English
- chewen Middle English
- tyggja Old Norse
- tyggva Old Norse
- tygge Danish
- tyggegummi Danish
- جویدن Persian
- couwen Middle Dutch
- kiuwan Old High German
- kūwen Middle High German
- *keuwan gmw-pro
- *kiuwan Old Dutch
- chüüwe Alemannic German
- tschaae Pennsylvania German
- chu Nigerian Pidgin