Where does “gook” come from?

gook (English) comes from Middle Low German gôk, from Old Saxon gōk, from Proto-West Germanic gauk, from Proto-Germanic gaukaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ-.

gook (English): A person of Far Eastern or Oceanian descent,...

Definitions

  1. A person of Far Eastern or Oceanian descent,...

Ancestry of “gook”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germangôk—
2Old Saxongōk—
3Proto-West Germanicgaukcuckoo
4Proto-Germanicgaukazcuckoo
5Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰAuǵ-—

Words derived from “gook”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaukaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gauk →