Where does “goke” come from?

goke (Middle English) comes from Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic gaukaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ-.

goke (Middle English): cuckoo

Definitions

  1. cuckoo

Ancestry of “goke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegaukrcuckoo
2Proto-Germanicgaukazcuckoo
3Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰAuǵ-—

Words derived from “goke”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaukaz →Every word from Old Norse gaukr →