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

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)