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Where does “kaoz” come from?

kaoz (Abenaki) comes from English cow, from Middle English cow, from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

kaoz (Abenaki): a cow

Definitions

  1. a cow

Ancestry of “kaoz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcowAn adult female of the species "Bos taurus",...
2Middle EnglishcowAlternative form of cou
3Old Englishcūcow
4Proto-West Germanic*kō—
5Proto-Germanic*kōz—

Words derived from “kaoz”

  • kaoziia
  • kaozawa
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →