*kōz

Runic: ᚲᛟᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːz/

noun · feminine · consonant stem

Meanings

cow

Etymology

From earlier *kwōz ~ *kwūiz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéh₃u-s ~ *gʷuh₃-és.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.kōzkōiz
Acc.kōǭkōnz
Gen.kūizkūǫ̂
Dat.kūīkūmaz
Inst.kūēkūmiz
Voc.kōkōiz

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Descendants

  • *kō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • cuo (Old Dutch)
      • coe (Middle Dutch)
        • koe (Dutch)
        • ków (Limburgish)
        • koe (West Flemish)
  • *kō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • cū (Old English)
      • cow, cou, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku (Middle English)
        • cow (English)
        • coo, coe, cou (Scots)
        • keow (Yola)
  • *kō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kū (Old Frisian)
      • ? (North Frisian)
      • Ku (Saterland Frisian)
      • ko (West Frisian)
  • *kō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kuo, chuo (Old High German)
      • kuo, kū, kō, chuo (Middle High German)
        • Kou, Kua, Kuu (East Franconian)
        • Kuh (German)
        • kü (Vilamovian)
        • קו (ku) (Yiddish)
  • *kō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kuo, chuo (Old High German)
      • kuo, kū, kō, chuo (Middle High German)
        • Chue (Alemannic German)
          • Küeh (Alsatian)
          • Chua (Walser)
  • *kō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kuo, chuo (Old High German)
      • kuo, kū, kō, chuo (Middle High German)
        • Kuah, Kouh, Kua (Bavarian)
          • khua (Cimbrian)
          • kua (Mòcheno)
  • *kō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kuo, chuo (Old High German)
      • kuo, kū, kō, chuo (Middle High German)
        • Kuh, Koh (Central Franconian)
          • Kuh (Hunsrik)
          • Kou (Luxembourgish)
  • *kō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kuo, chuo (Old High German)
      • kuo, kū, kō, chuo (Middle High German)
        • ? (Rhine Franconian)
          • Kuh (Pennsylvania German)
  • *kō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kō, kuo (Old Saxon)
      • kô, ko, koo, kou, koe, koh, koy, ku (Middle Low German)
        • Koo (Plautdietsch)
  • *kō (Proto-West Germanic)
    • kō, kuo (Old Saxon)
      • kô, ko, koo, kou, koe, koh, koy, ku (Middle Low German)
        • Koh (Low German)
          • Koh, Kauh, Ko, Koo, Kuh (German Low German)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • *kōʀ (Old East Norse)
      • kō (Old Danish)
        • ko (Danish)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • *kōʀ (Old East Norse)
      • kō (Old Swedish)
        • ko (Swedish)
  • ? (Proto-Norse)
    • kýr, *kōʀ (Old West Norse)
      • tjyr (Elfdalian)
      • kúgv, kú (Faroese)
      • kýr (Icelandic)
      • kú (Jamtish)
      • ku (Norwegian Bokmål)
      • ku (Norwegian Nynorsk)

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