Where does “kye” come from?

kye (Scots) comes from Old English cȳ, from Old English cū, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz — cow.

kye (Scots): plural of coo; a key

Definitions

  1. plural of coo; a key

Ancestry of “kye”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcȳcows
2Old Englishcūcow
3Proto-West Germanic*kōcow
4Proto-Germanic*kōzcow
Every word from Proto-Germanic *kōz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *kō →Every word from Old English cū →