Where does “cou” come from?

cou (Middle English) comes from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz — cow.

cou (Middle English): A cow

Definitions

  1. A cow

Ancestry of “cou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcūcow
2Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
3Proto-Germanic*kōzcow
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kō →Every word from Old English cū →