Where does “yakow” come from?
yakow (English) comes from English cow, from Middle English cow, from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz — cow.
yakow (English): An animal that is a hybrid of yak and cow
Definitions
- An animal that is a hybrid of yak and cow
Ancestry of “yakow”, step by step
yakow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cow
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | cow | An adult female of the species "Bos taurus",... |
| 2 | Middle English | cow | Alternative form of cou |
| 3 | Old English | cū | cow |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kō | cow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *kōz | cow |
via English yak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | yak | An ox-like mammal native to the Himalayas,... |
| 2 | Korean | 약 | drug; medicine; approximately; about; an ancient... |
| 3 | Japanese | 役 | role, service, use; hand, scoring combination;... |
| 4 | Middle Chinese | 役 | — |