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Where does “cú” come from?

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

cú (Old Irish): dog, hound; wolf

Definitions

  1. dog, hound; wolf

Ancestry of “cú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Primitive Irishᚉᚒᚅᚐhound, wolf
2Proto-Celtickūdog; wolf
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

Words derived from “cú”

  • Conor
  • Cúchulainn
  • Conchúr
  • faolchú
  • árchú
  • cuan
  • cuain
  • coin
  • cú
  • coin
  • cù
  • cuain
  • cuan
  • Conchobar
  • árchú
  • cúán
  • cúan
  • doburchú
  • coin
  • coo
  • Conchoor
  • dooarchoo
  • keayn
  • fáelchú
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