Etymology Explorer › Middle Dutch

Where does “cot” come from?

cot (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kota, from Proto-Germanic kutan — shed.

Ancestry of “cot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchkotalittle house
2Proto-Germanickutanshed

Words derived from “cot”

  • kot
  • kot
Every word from Proto-Germanic kutan →