Where does “cout” come from?

cout (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kalt, from Proto-West Germanic kald, from Proto-Germanic kaldaz, from Proto-Germanic kalaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

cout (Middle Dutch): cold; coolheaded

Definitions

  1. cold; coolheaded

Ancestry of “cout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchkalt—
2Proto-West Germanickaldcold
3Proto-Germanickaldazcold
4Proto-Germanickalanąto be cold, to freeze
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

Words derived from “cout”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- →