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Where does “cōfa” come from?

cōfa (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *kobō, from Proto-Germanic kubô — shed, hut; originally "wattle shed".

cōfa (Old English): chamber, inner room

Definitions

  1. chamber, inner room

Ancestry of “cōfa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kobō—
2Proto-Germanickubôshed, hut; originally "wattle shed"

Words derived from “cōfa”

  • cofgod
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