Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity. · The lower part of the buttocks that is often exposed beneath very brief underwear, swimwear, or extremely short shorts. · Impudence. · One of the genae, flat areas on the sides of a trilobite's cephalon.
To be impudent towards. · To pull a horse's head back toward the saddle using the cheek strap of the bridle. · To put or keep something in one’s cheek.
From Middle English cheeke, cheke, cheoke, choke, from Old English ċēce, ċēace, ċēoce (“cheek; jaw”), from Proto-West Germanic *kākā, *keukā (“jaw, cheek”), from Proto-Germanic *kēkǭ, *keukǭ (“jaw; palate; pharynx”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁- (“to chew”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Sooke (“cheek”), West Frisian tsjeak (“jaw”), Dutch kaak (“jaw; cheek”), Swedish käke (“jaw; jowl”), Norwegian kjake (“jaw”), Old Norse kók (“mouth; gullet”).
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentioncheekeenm
- Inherited-form mentionċēceang
- Inherited-form mention*kākāgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*kēkǭgem-pro
- Derivation mention*ǵyewh₁-ine-pro · to chew
- Cognate mentionSookestq · cheek
- Cognate mentiontsjeakfy · jaw
- Cognate mentionkaaknl · jaw; cheek
- Cognate mentionkäkesv · jaw; jowl
- Cognate mentionkjakeno · jaw
- Cognate mentionkóknon · mouth; gullet
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