Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kahwō

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

• *kawō

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, invoke, cry”).

Noun

*kahwō f

1. jackdaw; crow

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *kahwō (ō-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kahwō	*kahwôz
vocative	*kahwō	*kahwôz
accusative	*kahwǭ	*kahwōz
genitive	*kahwōz	*kahwǫ̂
dative	*kahwōi	*kahwōmaz
instrumental	*kahwō	*kahwōmiz

Related terms

• *kawjaną

Descendants

• Old English: *ċēoh, *cōh, ċēo, ċeahhe
  • Middle English: ka, ca, coo, koo; choughe, chowghe
    • Scots: ka, kae, kaae
    • English: chough
• Old Frisian: *kā
  • West Frisian: ka
• Old Saxon: *kaha, kāa, kā
  • Middle Low German: kā
    • German Low German: Kaa; Kaan
    • Danish: kå
    • Swedish: kaja
    • Norwegian: kaie, kaae (dialectal))
• Frankish: *kawa, kāwa
  • Old Dutch: *kawa, *ka
    • Middle Dutch: cauwe, ka
      • Dutch: kauw, ka
      • → West Frisian: ka (likely borrowed)
  • → Vulgar Latin: *cawa, cāwa, cava, cāva (see there for further descendants)
• Old High German: kaha, kāa, kā
  • Middle High German: chouch
    • → Middle French: choucas
      • French: choucas