Where does “Kuhreiher” come from?

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

Kuhreiher (German): Western cattle egret bird of the species

Definitions

  1. Western cattle egret bird of the species

Ancestry of “Kuhreiher”, step by step

Kuhreiher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kuh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKuhcow
2Middle High Germankuocow
3Old High Germankuocow
4Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
5Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

via German Reiher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReiherheron
2Middle High Germanreiger—
3Old High GermanreigaroAlternative form of heigaro
4Proto-Germanichraigrôheron
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kreik-—
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →