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Where does “Kuhfladen” come from?

Kuhfladen (German) comes from German Kuh, from Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

Kuhfladen (German): cow pat, cow chip

Definitions

  1. cow pat, cow chip

Ancestry of “Kuhfladen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKuhcow
2Middle High Germankuo—
3Old High Germankuocow
4Proto-West Germanic*kō—
5Proto-Germanic*kōz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →