Where does “guckling” come from?
guckling (English) comes from English guck, from English muck, from Scottish Gaelic muc, from Old Irish mucc, from Persian موش, from Middle Persian mwšk', from Sanskrit मुष्क, from Sanskrit मूष् — mouse.
guckling (English): A young or miniature guck
Definitions
- A young or miniature guck
Ancestry of “guckling”, step by step
guckling traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English guck
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | guck | The hybrid offspring of a goose and a duck; An... |
| 2 | English | muck | mud, sludge; Soft manure; Anything filthy or... |
| 3 | Scottish Gaelic | muc | pig; sow |
| 4 | Old Irish | mucc | pig, sow |
| 5 | Persian | موش | mouse; rat |
| 6 | Middle Persian | mwšk' | musk |
| 7 | Sanskrit | मुष्क | testicle, scrotum |
| 8 | Sanskrit | मूष् | mouse; "stealer", "thief" |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |
via English Ling
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ling | Any of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae |
| 2 | Middle English | ling | Any of various varieties of heather or broom |
| 3 | Old Norse | lyng | heather, ling |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lingwą | heather, ling |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lengʷʰ- | light, agile, nimble; light, not heavy, agile,... |