choe

Galician

Verb

choe

1. inflection of choer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Old French

Alternative forms

• choue, choee, choue, chouhe, chouve, chowe, chouwe
• coue, kauue (Picard)
• chauve, chue

Etymology

From Frankish *kâwa. Attested from the late 11th century.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔə/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ˈʃuə/

Noun

choe oblique singular, f (oblique plural choes, nominative singular choe, nominative plural choes)

1. jackdaw

Derived terms

• choete

Descendants

• Bourguignon: choue
• Champenois: choue
• Middle French: choue
• → Spanish: chova
• → Asturian: chova, chouva

References

• “choe”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “*kâwa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 16: Germanismes: G–R, page 304