*kuþō

Runic: ᚲᚢᚦᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈku.θɔː/

noun · feminine · ō-stem

Meanings

disease, sickness

Etymology

Of obscure origin. Compare Low German koghe (‘cow disease’), Middle Scots cowdothe (‘kind of epidemic’), though this could have been borrowed.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	kuþō	kuþôz
Acc.	kuþǭ	kuþōz
Gen.	kuþōz	kuþǫ̂
Dat.	kuþōi	kuþōmaz
Inst.	kuþō	kuþōmiz
Voc.	kuþō	kuþôz

Descendants

coþu (Old English)
- cothe (Middle English)
  - cothe, coath, coathe (English)
cōþu (Old English)
- cothe (Middle English)
  - cothe, coath, coathe (English)
coþe (Old English)
- cothe (Middle English)
  - cothe, coath, coathe (English)

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