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.
kye (Scots): plural of coo; a key
Ancestry of “kye”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old English | cȳ | cows |
| 2 | Old English | cū | cow |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *kōz | — |