Where does “gookland” come from?

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

gookland (English): Any unspecified country inhabited primarily by people of East Asian or Oceanian descent, such as China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, or the Philippines

Definitions

  1. Any unspecified country inhabited primarily by people of East Asian or Oceanian descent, such as China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, or the Philippines

Ancestry of “gookland”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgookA person of Far Eastern or Oceanian descent,...
2Middle Low Germangôk—
3Old Saxongōk—
4Proto-West Germanicgaukcuckoo
5Proto-Germanicgaukazcuckoo
6Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰAuǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaukaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gauk →