Where does “coughen” come from?
coughen (Middle English) comes from Old English cohhian, from Proto-Germanic kuh- — to cough.
Ancestry of “coughen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | cohhian | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kuh- | to cough |
Words derived from “coughen”