Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

underjaw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-jaw
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the lower part of the jaw

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English jaw English underjaw From under- + jaw.

Inflected Forms

underjaws (plural)

Derived Forms

underjawed

Synonyms

lower jaw

Questions

What does underjaw mean?: the lower part of the jaw
Where does underjaw come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English jaw English underjaw From under- + jaw.

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