Chough Definition
Other Word Forms of Chough
Noun
Origin of Chough
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From Middle English choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo, from Old English ċēo (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and Old English ceahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-Germanic *kahwǭ, *kahwō (“jackdaw, crow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gow- (“to crow, caw, shout”). Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”). Compare Lithuanian giedóti, Tocharian A kāk (“he calls upon”), Sanskrit गायति (gāyati).
From Wiktionary
Middle English any of various crowlike birds such as the chough and jackdaw Dutch kauw jackdaw probably ultimately imitative of the birds' calls
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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