köken: From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (TWRA /gāw/), from Old Persian *gāuš, 𐎥𐎢 (“g-u”), from Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Cognate to English cow, Urdu گائے (gāe) / Hindi गाय (gāy), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊 (gao), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Latin bōs.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlomder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtlan Proto-Slavic *bydlò Old Polish bydło Polish bydło Inherited from Old Polish bydło, from Proto-Slavic *bydlò. By surface analysis, być + -dło.
cattle (domesticated bovine animals) (sometimes with a specifier: nautakarja, lehmikarja) · other domesticated animals kept for food (in this sense usually with a specifier: siipikarja, porokarja, etc.) · stock, livestock (farm animals; animals domesticated for cultivation collectively)
çekim: çoğul karjat · tamlayan karjan
köken: From Proto-Finnic *karja (compare Estonian kari, Livonian kōŗa), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic *harjaz (“army”) (compare Swedish här (“land army”), German Heer (“army”)). The original sense "army, forces" may survive in Karjala.
köken: From Proto-Italic *peku, from Proto-Indo-European *péḱu (“cattle”). See also pecus, pecoris (“livestock, herd”) and pecus, pecudis. Doublet of feudum, which was borrowed from Germanic. Cognates Cognate with Sanskrit पशु (paśu), Lithuanian pekus and Proto-Germanic *fehu (whence English fee, German Vieh, Low German Veeh, Dutch vee, Danish fæ).
köken: From Old Danish quik, qwegh (“alive, lively”), from Old Norse kvikr, from Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz, cognate with English quick, German quick (from Low German), keck. Doublet of kvik, kæk, and kvaj. The modern use as a noun is an abbreviation of Old Danish qwikfæ, Old Norse kvikfé.