Where does “cu” come from?

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

cu (Middle English): Alternative spelling of cou

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of cou

Ancestry of “cu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcūcow
2Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
3Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

Words derived from “cu”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kō →Every word from Old English cū →