Where does “coe” come from?
coe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch cuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.
coe (Middle Dutch): cow
Ancestry of “coe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | cuo | cow |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *kō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *kōz | — |