Where does “cow” come from?
cow (Middle English) comes from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.
cow (Middle English): Alternative form of cou
Ancestry of “cow”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | cū | cow |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | *kō | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *kōz | — |