Proto-Germanic: *kifta-z, *kiftu-z, *ka[b]la-z, , -ō
Meaning: jaw
Old Norse: kjapta wk. `reden, sprechen', kjapt-r, kjɔpt-r, kept-r m. `Kiefer, Kinnlade'
Norwegian: kjefta `lärmen, schelten'; kjeft
Swedish: käft
Danish: kjäft
Old English: ceafl, -es m. `bill, beak, snout, jaw, cheek'
English: jowl
Old Saxon: pl. kaflos `Kiefern'
Middle Dutch: kēvel m. `kaak, kinnebak, tandvlees'
Dutch: pl. kevels m. `kaakbenderen; tandelose kaken'
Low German: keve `Kiefer, Kieme'
Middle High German: kivel(e) m., kiuwel st. m. 'kiefer, kinnbacken', { kiver }
German: Kiefer m.; dial. Kiefe `Kieme'
