Where does “קו” come from?
קו (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German kuo, from Old High German kuo, from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz.
קו (Yiddish): cow
Ancestry of “קו”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | kuo | — |
| 2 | Old High German | kuo | cow |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *kō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *kōz | — |