ceafl

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *kafl (“jaw, cheek”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃæ͜ɑfl/, [t͡ʃæ͜ɑvl] === Noun === ċeafl m (anatomy) jaw; cheek late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost" Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church a bill; beak; snout ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: chavel, chevel, chaule, chawel, chavyl, chawil, chawyl, chavalle, chaul, chewil, chawle, chawl, chefle, chafle (Early Middle English), jawe, jawle (influenced by the syn. joue)English: jowl, chavelScots: chowl, chow, chewYola: choule