Words that come from Old English “cū”

116 words across 25 languages descend from Old English cū — including cow, cows, cowboy, kine, cowhide, cowslip, ky, cowpea.

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English (80)

Middle English (5)

Abenaki (3)

Scots (3)

Russian (2)

Old English (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Portuguese (2)

Chuukese (1)

French (1)

Turkish (1)

Armenian (1)

Korean (1)

Cebuano (1)

Estonian (1)

Swedish (1)

Finnish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Spanish (1)

German (1)

Vietnamese (1)

Tok Pisin (1)

Dutch (1)

American English (1)