Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kahu

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

Alternative forms

• *kāu

Etymology

From the root of Proto-Germanic *kawjaną (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”).

Noun

*kahu f

1. chough, jackdaw

Declension

wō-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kahu
Genitive	*kahwā
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kahu	*kahwō
Accusative	*kahwā	*kahwā
Genitive	*kahwā	*kahwō
Dative	*kahwē	*kahwōm, *kahum
Instrumental	*kahu	*kahwōm, *kahum

Descendants

• Old English: 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: kâ
    • German Low German: Kaa; Kaan
    • → Danish: kå
    • → Swedish: kaja
    • → Norwegian: kaie, kaae (dialectal)
• Old Dutch: *kawa, *ka
  • Middle Dutch: cauwe, ka
    • Dutch: kauw, ka
    • → West Frisian: ka (likely borrowed)
• Old High German: kaha, kāa, kā
  • Middle High German: chouch
    • → Middle French: choucas
      • French: choucas
• → Vulgar Latin: *cawa (see there for further descendants)