English
ou
Ou comes from Hawaiian ʻōʻū.
- Hawaiianmodernʻōʻū
- Englishtodayou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Hawaiianmodernʻōʻū
- Englishtodayou
Every English word from Hawaiian ʻōʻū
Another origin of ou
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂el-‘grow, nourish’uncertain
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*altósuncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*aldaz‘old, grown up’uncertain
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*ald‘old’uncertain
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150alt‘old’uncertain
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500outuncertain
- Dutchc. 1500–presentouwe‘old man’uncertain
- Afrikaansmodernoue‘old one’
- Afrikaans, derivedmodernou‘an old fellow, guy, bloke’
- Englishtodayou
Today it means
noun A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hawaiian ʻōʻū / ou