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Where does “kots” come from?

kots (Abenaki) comes from English goats, from English goat, from English Time, from Middle English tyme, from Old French thym, from Latin thymum, from Ancient Greek θύμον, from Ancient Greek θύω — smoke; mist, haze.

kots (Abenaki): a goat

Definitions

  1. a goat

Ancestry of “kots”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgoatsplural of goat; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishgoatA mammal, "Capra aegagrus hircus", and similar...
3EnglishTime—
4Middle Englishtymethyme; time; A specific duration or period of...
5Old Frenchthym—
6Latinthymumthyme; accusative singular of thymus
7Ancient Greekθύμονthyme
8Ancient GreekθύωI offer in sacrifice, slay, burn, immolate; I...
9Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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