Where does “cú” come from?

cú (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish cú, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ, from Proto-Celtic kū, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

cú (Middle Irish): dog, hound

Definitions

  1. dog, hound

Ancestry of “cú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcúdog, hound; wolf
2Primitive Irishᚉᚒᚅᚐhound, wolf
3Proto-Celtickūdog; wolf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “cú”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Celtic kū →Every word from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ →