Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kō

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.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *kōz.

Noun

*kō f

1. cow

Inflection

Consonant stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kō
Genitive	*kūi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kō	*kōi
Accusative	*kō	*kōi
Genitive	*kūi	*kūō
Dative	*kūi	*kūm
Instrumental	*kūi	*kūm

Descendants

• Old English: cū
  • Middle English: cow, cou, cowe, cu, kow, kowe, ku
    • English: cow (see there for further descendants)

      Geordie: coo

      Ottawa Valley: cou, ceu, kew

      West Riding: caa, cah

    • Scots: coo, coe, cou
    • Yola: keow
• Old Frisian: kū
  • North Frisian:

    Föhr-Amrum, Mooring: kü

    Sylt: Kü

  • Saterland Frisian: Ku
  • West Frisian: ko
• Old Saxon: kō, kuo
  • Middle Low German: kô, ko, koo, kou, koe, koh, koy, ku
    • Low German: Koh
      • German Low German: Koh, Kauh, Ko, Koo, Kuh
    • Plautdietsch: Koo
• Old Dutch: cuo
  • Middle Dutch: coe
    • Dutch: koe (see there for further descendants)
    • Limburgish: ków
    • West Flemish: koe
• Old High German: kuo, chuo
  • Middle High German: kuo, kū, kō, chuo
    • Alemannic German: Chue
      • Alsatian: Küeh
      • Walser: Chua
    • Bavarian: Kuah, Kouh (Northern Bavarian), Kua (spelling variant)
      • Cimbrian: khua
      • Mòcheno: kua
    • Central Franconian: Kuh, Koh
      • Hunsrik: Kuh
      • Luxembourgish: Kou
    • East Franconian: Kou, Kua, Kuu
    • German: Kuh
    • Rhine Franconian:
      • Pennsylvania German: Kuh
    • Vilamovian: kü
    • Yiddish: קו (ku)