Word Origin Summary

Kaoz is attested in Abenaki. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. cowEnglishborrowed from
2. cȳnaEnglishinherited from
3. couMiddle Englishinherited from
4. kyneMiddle Englishinherited from
5. cūEnglishinherited from
6. *kūProto-West Germanicinherited from
7. *kūzProto-West Germanicinherited from
8. *gʷṓwsProto-Indo-Europeaninherited from

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