Where does “ky” come from?
ky (Middle English) comes from Old English cȳ, from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.
ky (Middle English): Alternative form of kie
Ancestry of “ky”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | cȳ | cows |
| 2 | Old English | cū | cow |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *kōz | — |