chouette
French
noun
Definitions
- owl specifically, those species of owls without ear tufts, those with ear tufts are hibou
Etymology
Inherited from Old French çuete derived from Latin *cawa derived from Old Dutch *kāwa (jackdaw) derived from *kahwu (jackdaw, crow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (call, cry, cry out, caw, shout, crow, invoke).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gewH-
Gloss
call, cry, cry out, caw, shout, crow, invoke
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chough English
- *cawa Latin
- accivettare Italian
- civetta Italian
- civetteria Italian
- civettino Italian
- pesce civetta Italian
- kauw Dutch, Flemish
- chouettement French
- *geH-, *geh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kawjaną Proto-Germanic
- *kawō Proto-Germanic
- *kawō- Proto-Germanic
- *kūmaz Proto-Germanic
- ceahhe Old English
- ceo Old English
- ċēo Old English
- choughe Middle English
- *govorъ Proto-Slavic
- choe Old French
- çuete Old French
- cauwe Middle Dutch
- schofut Middle Dutch
- chouch Middle High German
- *kahhattjan gmw-pro
- *kahwu gmw-pro
- *kāwa Old Dutch
- tschueta Romansh
- tschuetta Romansh
- cauwe Low German
- *gáwbati Proto-Iranian