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Where does “kaoziia” come from?

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

kaoziia (Abenaki): cow-meat, beef

Definitions

  1. cow-meat, beef

Ancestry of “kaoziia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Abenakikaoza cow
2EnglishcowAn adult female of the species "Bos taurus",...
3Middle EnglishcowAlternative form of cou
4Old Englishcūcow
5Proto-West Germanic*kō—
6Proto-Germanic*kōz—
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