Where does “coe” come from?
coe (Scots) comes from Scots coo, from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.
coe (Scots): Alternative form of coo
Ancestry of “coe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Scots | coo | cow |
| 2 | Old English | cū | cow |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *kōz | — |