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Where does “gʷous” come from?

gʷous (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.

gʷous (Proto-Hellenic): cow, cattle

Definitions

  1. cow, cattle

Ancestry of “gʷous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle

Words derived from “gʷous”

  • boy
  • boys
  • butter
  • bo
  • beef
  • buffalo
  • Buffalo
  • bureaucracy
  • bureaucratic
  • boyfriend
  • bureau
  • boyhood
  • cowboy
  • boyish
  • buoyant
  • schoolboy
  • bovine
  • buoyancy
  • bugle
  • buoy
  • bulimia
  • bureaucrat
  • beefsteak
  • playboy
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