Where does “cū” come from?

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

cū (Old English): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “cū”, step by step

cū traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic *kō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
2Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

via Proto-Germanic *kō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kō—

Words derived from “cū”

Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kō →