The story
- Latinhūmānu
- Old Frenchumain
- Middle Frenchhumain
- Middle Englishhumayne
- Englishhuman
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷṓws
- Proto-Germanic*kōz
- Proto-West Germanic*kō
- Old Englishcū
- Middle Englishcow
- Englishcow
- English todayhucow
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.