Where does “Kuh” come from?

Kuh (Pennsylvania German) comes from Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz — cow.

Kuh (Pennsylvania German): cow

Definitions

  1. cow

Ancestry of “Kuh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germankuocow
2Old High Germankuocow
3Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
4Proto-Germanic*kōzcow
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kō →Every word from Old High German kuo →
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