Where does “geykur” come from?

geykur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic gaukaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ-.

geykur (Faroese): cuckoo

Definitions

  1. cuckoo

Ancestry of “geykur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegaukrcuckoo
2Proto-Germanicgaukazcuckoo
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰAuǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaukaz →Every word from Old Norse gaukr →