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Where does “cohhian” come from?

cohhian (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kuh- — to cough.

Ancestry of “cohhian”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickuh-to cough

Words derived from “cohhian”

  • cough
  • cougher
  • coughy
  • anticough
  • cougheth
  • coughless
  • coughest
  • cough up
  • coughen
  • coghen
Every word from Proto-Germanic kuh- →