Where does “ȝeac” come from?

ȝeac (Middle English) comes from Old English ġēac, from Proto-West Germanic gauk, from Proto-Germanic gaukaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ-.

ȝeac (Middle English): Alternative form of ȝek

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of ȝek

Ancestry of “ȝeac”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēaccuckoo, gawk
2Proto-West Germanicgaukcuckoo
3Proto-Germanicgaukazcuckoo
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰAuǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaukaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gauk →