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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
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Proto-West Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *kōz.
Noun
*kō f
- cow
Inflection
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Singular
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*kō
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| Genitive
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*kūi
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*kō
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*kōi
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| Accusative
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*kō
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*kōi
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| Genitive
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*kūi
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*kūō
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| Dative
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*kūi
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*kūm
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| Instrumental
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*kūi
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*kūm
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Descendants
- Old English: cū
- Middle English: cou, cow, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku
- English: cow (see there for further descendants)
- English: (West Yorkshire) caa, cah
- English: (Ottawa-Valley) cou, ceu, kew
- Geordie English: coo
- Scots: coo, coe, cou
- Yola: keow
- Old Frisian: kū
- North Frisian: ko, kø, kü
- Sylt: Kü
- Saterland Frisian: Ku
- West Frisian: ko
- Old Saxon: kō, kuo
- Old Dutch: cuo
- Middle Dutch: coe
- Dutch: koe (see there for further descendants)
- Limburgish: ków
- West Flemish: koe
- Old High German: kuo, chuo