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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kuþō

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Of obscure origin. Compare Low German koghe (cow disease), Middle Scots cowdothe (kind of epidemic), though this could have been borrowed.[1]

Noun

*kuþō f

  1. disease, sickness

Inflection

ō-stemDeclension of *kuþō (ō-stem)
singular plural
nominative *kuþō *kuþôz
vocative *kuþō *kuþôz
accusative *kuþǭ *kuþōz
genitive *kuþōz *kuþǫ̂
dative *kuþōi *kuþōmaz
instrumental *kuþō *kuþōmiz

Descendants

  • Old English: coþu, cōþu, coþe

References

  1. Jamieson, J. (1825). A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement. United Kingdom: Printed at the University Press for W. & C. Tait, p. 260
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