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Where does “cūslyppe” come from?

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

cūslyppe (Old English): cowslip

Definitions

  1. cowslip

Ancestry of “cūslyppe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcūcow
2Proto-West Germanic*kō—
3Proto-Germanic*kōz—

Words derived from “cūslyppe”

  • cowslip
  • cowslipped
  • cowslyppe
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →