The story
- Old English · inherited fromcūslyppe“cowslip”
- Middle English · inherited fromcowslyppe
- English todaycowslip
From Middle English cowslyppe, from Old English cūslyppe (“cowslip”), from cū (“cow”) + slyppe (“paste, viscid substance”), related to Old English slūpan (“to slip, glide, move softly”). Compare oxlip.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.