kjaptr
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- keptr, kjǫptr
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Germanic *kefutaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵóp-wl̥, *ǵép-uns, from *ǵep- (“to eat, chew”).[1][2] See also English jowl, Dutch kabbelen (“to babble”).
Noun
kjaptr m
- jaw
- gaping jaws
Declension
Declension of kjaptr (strong a-stem)
| masculine | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kjaptr | kjaptrinn | kjaptar | kjaptarnir |
| accusative | kjapt | kjaptinn | kjapta | kjaptana |
| dative | kjapti | kjaptinum | kjǫptum | kjǫptunum |
| genitive | kjapts | kjaptsins | kjapta | kjaptanna |
Derived terms
- kjapta
Descendants
- Icelandic: kjaftur
- Faroese: kjaftur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjeft
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjeft
- Swedish: käft
- Danish: kæft
References
- “kjaptr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European world, Oxford University Press, page 255: “*ĝeP- ‘± eat, masticate’”
- Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Kiefer¹”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN