English
Kochab
Kochab comes from Arabic كَوْكَب ‘star’, and goes back to Proto-Semitic *kabkab-.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*kabkab-‘star’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentكَوْكَبkawkab‘star’
- EnglishtodayKochab
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*kabkab-‘star’reconstructed
- Arabicc. 500–presentكَوْكَبkawkab‘star’
- EnglishtodayKochab
Every English word from Proto-Semitic *kabkab-
Today it means
name β Ursae Minoris, the second-brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor, formerly a dual North Star with Pherkad from about 1000 BC to about AD 300.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *kabkab- / Kochab