kauw
Dutch (Brabantic)
/kɑu̯/
noun
Definitions
- A jackdaw, the bird species Coloeus monedula, closely related to the crow, magpie and raven
- Its cry
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch cauwe inherited from Old Dutch *kāwa (jackdaw) inherited 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
烏
Emoji
☎️ 📞 🤙
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- chough English
- *cawa Latin
- civetta Italian
- choucas French
- chouette French
- chouettement French
- *geH- Proto-Indo-European
- *geH-, *geh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *kawjaną Proto-Germanic
- *kawō- Proto-Germanic
- *kūmaz Proto-Germanic
- ceahhe Old English
- ceo Old English
- ċēo Old English
- गायति Sanskrit
- choughe Middle English
- *govorъ Proto-Slavic
- choe Old French
- çuete Old French
- cauwe Middle Dutch
- chouch Middle High German
- *kahhattjan gmw-pro
- *kahwu gmw-pro
- *kāwa Old Dutch
- tschueta Romansh
- tschuetta Romansh
- *gáHyati Proto-Indo-Aryan
- cauwe Low German
- 𑀕𑀸𑀅𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit
- *gáwbati Proto-Iranian