Where does “Melkkuh” come from?
Melkkuh (German) comes from German Kuh, from Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.
Melkkuh (German): cash cow
Ancestry of “Melkkuh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Kuh | cow |
| 2 | Middle High German | kuo | — |
| 3 | Old High German | kuo | cow |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *kōz | — |