Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaukaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑu̯.kɑz/

Noun

*gaukaz m

cuckoo

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *gaukaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*gaukaz	gaukōz, gaukōs
vocative	*gauk	gaukōz, gaukōs
accusative	*gauką	*gaukanz
genitive	gaukas, gaukis	*gaukǫ̂
dative	*gaukai	*gaukamaz
instrumental	*gaukō	*gaukamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *gauk
- Old English: ġēac
  - Middle English: ȝeac, ȝek
    - English: yeke, yek
- Old Saxon: *gōk
  - Middle Low German: gôk
    - German Low German: Göök
- Old Dutch: *gouk, *gōk
  - Middle Dutch: *gook, gooch
- Old High German: gouh, kouch
  - Middle High German: gouch
    - German: Gauch
Old Norse: gaukr
- Icelandic: gaukur
- Faroese: geykur
- Norn: gokk
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gauk
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: gauk
- Old Swedish: gø̄ker
  - Swedish: gök
- Danish: gøg
  - Norwegian Bokmål: gjøk (< 19th century Danish gjøg)
- Scanian: gøg
- Jamtish: gouk
- Westrobothnian: göuk, gauk, gäuk; gokk
- → Middle English: gowke, goke
  - English: gawk
  - Scots: gowk; gawk