Where does “chin cough” come from?

chin cough (English) comes from English chink cough, from English cough, from Middle English coughen, from Old English cohhian, from Proto-Germanic kuh- — to cough.

chin cough (English): whooping cough

Definitions

  1. whooping cough

Ancestry of “chin cough”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishchink cough
2EnglishcoughTo push air from the lungs in a quick, noisy...
3Middle Englishcoughento cough
4Old Englishcohhianto cough
5Proto-Germanickuh-to cough
Every word from Proto-Germanic kuh-
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