Where does “kye” come from?

kye (English) comes from Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ, from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz — cow.

kye (English): plural of cow; Cocoa; A Korean fundraising...

Definitions

  1. plural of cow; Cocoa; A Korean fundraising...

Ancestry of “kye”, step by step

kye traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English ky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishkyAlternative form of kie
2Old Englishcȳcows
3Old Englishcūcow
4Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
5Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

via Korean 계(契)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Korean계(契)—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kō →Every word from Old English cū →