g(i̯)eu-, ĝ(i̯)eu-

    g(i̯)eu-, ĝ(i̯)eu-

    English meaning: to chew

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “kauen”

    Material: Pers. jüvīdan “chew”, afgh. žōvạ l, žōyạ l ds., “bite, gnaw “ (Iran. *jyav-); Arm. kveni “Pechföhre, Lärche”; O.Ice. tyggja, -va “chew” (for *kyggja after tǫgla “chew”), Swe. tugga, O.E. cēowan, nEng. chew [common Illyr.-Alb. kh- > t-, gh- > d- phonetic mutations]; M.L.G. keuwen, O.H.G. kiuwan, M.H.G. kūwen “chew” (*kewian); O.H.G. kewa, M.H.G. kiuwe f. “ jaw, mandible, lower jaw bone “; derived: O.E. cēace, O.Fris. ziüke f. (*keukōn) and O.Fris. kēse “ molar tooth “, M.L.G. kǖse, mnl. kūze, changing through ablaut mnl. kieze ds.; Bal.-Slav. *ži̯ aui̯ ō “ chew “ in: Lith. žiá unos f. pl. “ jaws “, Ltv. žaũ nas f. pl. “ jaws, maxilla, gill”; R.C.S. žuju (*zjou-) and žьvǫ, žьvati (*zjьv-), O.Cz. žiji, žvá ti, Russ. žujú , ževá tь “chew”; in addition (from Bal.-Slav. *ži̯ á unü) Bulg. žú na f. “lip” and Ser.-Cr. žvȁ lo n. “ pharynxes, throat, gorge “, žvà ́ le f. pl. “ set of teeth in the bridle “; Russ. žvá katь “chew”, žvak “ larch resin as a tooth cleaning Material “; Toch. AB św-ü-tsi “eat” (Pedersen Toch. Sprachg. 43); compare further gʷīu̯ - “resin”.

    References: WP. I 642, WH. I 601, Trautmann 372, Lidén Ann. Acad. Scient. Fennicae 27, 119.