Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kū

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kūz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Noun

*kū f

cow

Inflection

The exact inflection of this word is uncertain, but likely alternated between the stems *kū- and *kwō-.

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old English: cū
- Middle English: cou, kow, cow, cu, ku, kowe, cowe
  - English: cow
    - Sranan Tongo: kaw
    - Tok Pisin: kau
    - → Abenaki: kaoz (from "cows")
    - → Maori: kau
  - Scots: coo, coe, cou
Old Frisian: kū
- North Frisian: ko, kø, kü
- Saterland Frisian: Ku
- West Frisian: ko
Old Saxon: kō
- Middle Low German: kô
  - German Low German: Koh, Kauh, Ko, Koo, Kuh
  - Plautdietsch: Koo
Old Dutch: cuo
- Middle Dutch: coe
  - Dutch: koe
    - Afrikaans: koei
  - Limburgish: ków
  - West Flemish: koe
Old High German: kuo
- Middle High German: kuo
  - Alemannic German: Chue
    Alsatian: Küeh
    Walser: Chua
  - Bavarian: Kuah
    Cimbrian: khua
    Mòcheno: kua
  - Central Franconian: Koh, Kuh
    Hunsrik: Kuh
    Luxembourgish: Kou
  - East Franconian: Kou, Kua, Kuu
  - German: Kuh
  - Pennsylvania German: Kuh
  - Vilamovian: kü
  - Yiddish: קו‎ (ku)