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Where does “coghen” come from?

coghen (Middle English) comes from Old English cohhian, from Proto-Germanic kuh- — to cough.

Ancestry of “coghen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcohhian—
2Proto-Germanickuh-to cough

Words derived from “coghen”

  • cough
  • cougher
  • coughy
  • anticough
  • cougheth
  • coughless
  • coughest
  • cough up
Every word from Proto-Germanic kuh- →