Where does “Koostich” come from?

Koostich (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Koo, from Middle Low German kô, from Old Saxon kō, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz — cow.

Koostich (Plautdietsch): cowpath

Definitions

  1. cowpath

Ancestry of “Koostich”, step by step

Koostich traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Koo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKoocow
2Middle Low Germankô—
3Old Saxonkōcow
4Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
5Proto-Germanic*kōzcow

via Plautdietsch Stich

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschStichpath
2Middle Low Germanstīch—
3Proto-Germanic*stigaz—
4Proto-Indo-European*stéyks(steep) path
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kō →Every word from Old Saxon kō →