*kukkaz

Runic: ᚲᚢᚲᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈkuk.kɑz/

noun · masculine · a-stem

Meanings

cock, rooster, chicken

Etymology

Likely from original n-stem *keukô ~ *kukkaz. Ultimately of imitative origin, similar to Sanskrit कुक्कुट (kukkuṭa) (kukkuṭa, ‘rooster’), Proto-Slavic *kokošь (‘hen’). Some sources believe the Germanic forms to be borrowed from Late Latin coccus rather than the other way around.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.kukkazkukkōz, kukkōs
Acc.kukkąkukkanz
Gen.kukkas, kukkiskukkǫ̂
Dat.kukkaikukkamaz
Inst.kukkōkukkamiz
Voc.kukkkukkōz, kukkōs

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Descendants

  • *kokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • coccus (Late Latin)
      • coc (Old French)
  • *kokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • *cocc (Old Dutch)
      • cocke (Middle Dutch)
        • kok (Dutch)
  • *kokk (Proto-West Germanic)
    • cocc, coc (Old English)
      • cok, cock, cocke, coke, cokke, cooke, koc, kok (Middle English)
        • cock (English)
        • cock, cok (Scots)
        • cuck (Yola)
  • kokkr (Old Norse)
    • kok (Danish)
    • kokkur (Icelandic)
    • kuk (Northern Sami)
  • kokkr (Old Norse)
    • kuk (Swedish)
      • kuk (Norwegian Bokmål)
  • *kukkoi (Proto-Finnic)

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