Old English · noun
ceawe
Normalised ċēawe
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑː.we/
- Syllables
- ˈt͡ʃæ͜ɑː · we (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- chawjaw
Meaning
-
jaw
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kauwā (“gill, jaw”). Cognate with Old High German kouwa (“jaws, oral cavity”).
Descendants
chaw
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