coath

English

/kəʊθ/, /koʊθ/

noun

Definitions

(UK) Sickness; disease; pestilence.
(UK) An attack of illness, such as swooning, pangs of childbirth, etc.
(UK) A disease affecting sheep or cattle.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English cothe inherited from Old English coþu (disease, sickness, pestilence) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kuþō.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*kuþō

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*kuþō Proto-Germanic
coþu Old English
cothe Middle English
quath Middle English