köken: 16th century, from Middle Low German kime, kimme. This is most plausibly an alteration of kiwe (“jawbone, gill”) after unrelated kimme (“slit, groove”), whence also German Kimme. The former pertains to kauen (“to chew”) and is cognate with Middle High German kiwe (“jawbone, gill”), Dutch kieuw (“gill”).
Die Kiemen blutig noch vom Saugen an den roten großen Augen
köken: From Old Norse gjǫlnar f pl, from Proto-Germanic *gelunō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, distantly related to Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “snout, beak, lip”). Cognate with English gill, Danish gælle and Norwegian gjelle.
köken: From Old Norse gjǫlnar f pl, from Proto-Germanic *gelunō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, cognate with Norwegian gjelle, Swedish gäl (English gill is from Old Norse), and distantly related to Ancient Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos, “snout, beak, lip”).
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