cú
Old Irish
/kuː/
noun
Definitions
- dog, hound
- wolf
Etymology
Inherited from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ inherited from Proto-Celtic *kū (hound, dog) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (dog, hound).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ḱwṓ
Gloss
dog, hound
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
犬, 狗
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canem, canis Latin
- canis Latin
- Īnsula Canāria Latin
- Κυνικός Ancient Greek
- κύων Ancient Greek
- *dʰewb- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ébōl Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwen- Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwn̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwṓ Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱwṓ- Proto-Indo-European
- *hundaz Proto-Germanic
- *hundą Proto-Germanic
- hund Old English
- hunden Old English
- hundfeald Old English
- hundlic Old English
- roþhund Old English
- hound Middle English
- hund Middle English
- Conchúr Irish
- broc-chú Irish
- conúil Irish
- cuán Irish
- cú Irish
- dobharchú Irish
- faolchú Irish
- Ó Conchúir Irish
- árchú Irish
- *sǫka Proto-Slavic
- adargi Welsh
- ci Welsh
- corgi Welsh
- cynaidd Welsh
- dwrgi Welsh
- dyfrgi Welsh
- gwarchodgi Welsh
- Conall Old Irish
- Conchobar Old Irish
- cobar Old Irish
- conamail Old Irish
- cúán Old Irish
- dobur Old Irish
- doburchú Old Irish
- ár Old Irish
- árchú Old Irish
- cù Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- Conchoor Manx
- coo Manx
- dooarchoo Manx
- samë Albanian
- *kū Proto-Celtic
- *ćwā́ Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kō Proto-Italic
- Conchobar Middle Irish
- cú Middle Irish
- fáelchú Middle Irish
- *tswa(n)-ma Proto-Albanian
- *ś(w)ō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *śun-, *śwō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *śwō Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *ki Proto-Brythonic
- ku Tocharian B
- 𒆪𒉿𒀸 Hittite
- ku Tocharian A
- *ku Proto-Tocharian
- ᚉᚒᚅᚐ Primitive Irish
- κινούβοιλα Dacian
- se Kurdish