Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kākā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative forms

*keukā (North Sea Germanic)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Noun

*kākā f

jaw, cheek

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kākā
Genitive	*kākōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kākā	*kākōn
Accusative	*kākōn	*kākōn
Genitive	*kākōn	*kākōnō
Dative	*kākōn	kākōm, kākum
Instrumental	*kākōn	kākōm, kākum

Derived terms

*kākābain

Descendants

Old English: ċēace, ċēce — Anglian
- Middle English: cheke, cheek, cheeke, cheoke, chieke, chike, choke, chooke, chyke (merged with ċēoce)
  - English: cheek; choke
  - Scots: cheek
Old Saxon: *kāka
- Middle Low German: kake, kāke
Old Dutch: *kāka
- Middle Dutch: kâke, câke, kâk, caec
  - Dutch: kaak

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kaunō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282
^ Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 202-207
^ Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)‎^[2], Leiden: Leiden University, pages 164-168
^ Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “sthiake”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 375-376

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “*kaunō-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 282

[2] Kroonen, Guus (2011) The Proto-Germanic n-stems: A study in diachronic morphophonology, Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 202-207

[3] Kroonen, Guus Jann (2009) Consonant and vowel gradation in the Proto-Germanic n-stems (PhD thesis)‎^[2], Leiden: Leiden University, pages 164-168

[4] Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “sthiake”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 375-376

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