chough

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gewH-“to crow, caw, shout”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*kahu“jackdaw, crow”
3. Old English · inherited fromċēo“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”
4. Middle English · inherited fromchoughe
5. English todaychough

From Middle English choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo, from Old English ċēo (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and ċeahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw, crow”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”). Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”).