Where does “Kuh” come from?

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

Kuh (Hunsrik): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “Kuh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Central FranconianKuhcow
2Middle High Germankuocow
3Old High Germankuocow
4Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
5Proto-Germanic*kōzcow
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kō →Every word from Old High German kuo →