Where does “coughen” come from?

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

coughen (Middle English): to cough

Definitions

  1. to cough

Ancestry of “coughen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcohhianto cough
2Proto-Germanickuh-to cough

Words derived from “coughen”

Every word from Proto-Germanic kuh- →Every word from Old English cohhian →