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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 the root of Proto-Germanic *kawjaną (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”).
Noun
*kahu f
- chough, jackdaw
Declension
| wō-stem
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Singular
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*kahu
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| Genitive
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*kahwā
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Singular
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Plural
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| Nominative
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*kahu
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*kahwō
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| Accusative
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*kahwā
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*kahwā
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| Genitive
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*kahwā
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*kahwō
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| Dative
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*kahwē
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*kahwōm, *kahum
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| Instrumental
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*kahu
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*kahwōm, *kahum
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Descendants
- Old English: ċeahhe
- Old Frisian: *kā
- Old Saxon: *kaha, kāa, kā
- Middle Low German: kâ
- German Low German: Kaa; Kaan
- → Danish: kå
- → Swedish: kaja
- → Norwegian: kaie, kaae (dialectal)
- Old Dutch: *cāwa
- Middle Dutch: cauwe, ca
- Dutch: kauw, ka
- → West Frisian: ka (likely borrowed)
- Old High German: kaha, kāa, kā
- Middle High German: chouch
- → Vulgar Latin: *cawa (see there for further descendants)