Etymology

cowlike

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Today it means: Resembling or characteristic of a cow. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English cow
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
  2. Proto-Germanic*kōz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kō
  4. Old Englishcū
  5. Middle Englishcow
  6. Englishcow
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todaycowlike

From cow + -like.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.