chewen
Middle English
/ˈtʃiu̯ən/, /ˈtʃɔu̯ən/
verb
Definitions
- To chew; to mash food with one's teeth (especially of cud).
- To consume or digest food or comestibles; to feast upon.
- To ponder about; to think or reflect upon something.
- (rare) To grip or hold onto something with one's teeth.
- (rare) To destroy or injure; to harass or annoy.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ċēowan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną (chew).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kewwaną
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
- *ǵyewh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *kawǭ Proto-Germanic
- *kewwandz Proto-Germanic
- *kewwaną Proto-Germanic
- *ċēowende Old English
- ceowan Old English
- ċēowan Old English
- chewyng Middle English
- tyggja Old Norse
- tyggva Old Norse
- kiuwan Old High German
- *keuwan gmw-pro
- *kiuwan Old Dutch
- tschaae Pennsylvania German
- chu Nigerian Pidgin