Where does “chink cough” come from?

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

Ancestry of “chink cough”, step by step

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

Words derived from “chink cough”

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