Where does “ȝek” come from?

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

ȝek (Middle English): cuckoo

Definitions

  1. cuckoo

Ancestry of “ȝek”, 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 →