Where does “gôk” come from?

gôk (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon gōk, from Proto-West Germanic gauk, from Proto-Germanic gaukaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ-.

Ancestry of “gôk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxongōk—
2Proto-West Germanicgaukcuckoo
3Proto-Germanicgaukazcuckoo
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰAuǵ-—

Words derived from “gôk”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaukaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic gauk →