*kūts

Runic: ᚲᚢᛏᛊ Pronunciation: /ˈkuːts/

noun · masculine · consonant stem

Meanings

bird of prey

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gewH-d- (‘to call, cry out, cry, screech’), but in any case ultimately onomatopoeic.

*kūt (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kūt (Old Dutch)
  - kuut, cuut, coet (Middle Dutch)
    - koet (Dutch)
      - meerkoet (Dutch)
*kūt (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kūt (Old Dutch)
  - kuut, cuut, coet (Middle Dutch)
    - cote, coote, cute, cuytt (Middle English)
      - coot (English)
      - coot, quet, queet (Scots)
*kūt (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kūz (Old High German)
  - kūz, kiuzelīn, kützlīn (Middle High German)
    - Kauz (German)
      - Kauz, Kauter (German Low German)
*kūt (Proto-West Germanic)
- *kūz (Old High German)
  - kūz, kiuzelīn, kützlīn (Middle High German)
    - kûtz (Middle Low German)
      - kü̂tzken (Middle Low German)