Cud
/kʌd/noun
Partly chewed food that is regurgitated and chewed again by ruminant animals.
Did you know?Cud is an old Germanic word tied to the act of chewing, and its survival in English preserves a very ancient livestock term rather than a later scientific invention.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*kudō?
“a chewable lump or mass of food”
Old English
OE
cudu
“cud; food returned from the stomach to be chewed again”
Middle English
ME
cud
“partly chewed food from a ruminant”
Modern English
EN
cud
“partly chewed food regurgitated and chewed again by ruminants”