Where does “kie” come from?

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

kie (Middle English): plural of cou

Definitions

  1. plural of cou

Ancestry of “kie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcȳcows
2Old Englishcūcow
3Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
4Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

Words derived from “kie”

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