*gaukaz

Runic: ᚷᚨᚢᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈɣɑu̯.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

cuckoo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰos, from *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (‘cuckoo’), which Gąsiorowski makes a reduplicated noun based on *gʰewǵʰ- (‘to hide’), of the type of *kʷékʷlos. Cognate with Latvian dzeguze (‘cuckoo’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	gaukaz	gaukōz, gaukōs
Acc.	gauką	gaukanz
Gen.	gaukas, gaukis	gaukǫ̂
Dat.	gaukai	gaukamaz
Inst.	gaukō	gaukamiz
Voc.	gauk	gaukōz, gaukōs

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Descendants

*gauk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gouk, *gōk (Old Dutch)
  - *gook, gooch (Middle Dutch)
*gauk (Proto-West Germanic)
- ġēac, ġǣc, ġēc (Old English)
  - ȝek, yek, yeke, ȝeac, ȝeke (Middle English)
*gauk (Proto-West Germanic)
- gouh, kouch (Old High German)
  - gouch (Middle High German)
    - Gauch (German)
*gauk (Proto-West Germanic)
- *gōk (Old Saxon)
  - gôk (Middle Low German)
    - Göök (German Low German)
gaukr (Old Norse)
- geykur (Faroese)
- gaukur (Icelandic)
- gouk (Jamtish)
- gokk (Norn)
- gøg (Scanian)
gaukr (Old Norse)
- gøg (Danish)
  - gjøk (Norwegian Bokmål)
gaukr (Old Norse)
- goke, gowke, gouke, gauk (Middle English)
  - gowk, gawk (English)
  - gowk, gouk (Scots)
gaukr (Old Norse)
- goke, gowke, gouke, gauk (Middle English)
  - gwcw (Middle Welsh)
    - gwcw (Welsh)
gaukr (Old Norse)
- gauk (Norwegian Nynorsk)
  - gauk (Norwegian Bokmål)
gaukr (Old Norse)
- gø̄ker (Old Swedish)
  - gök (Swedish)

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