Where does “gjøk” come from?
gjøk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic gaukaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ-.
gjøk (Norwegian Bokmål): a cuckoo
Ancestry of “gjøk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Norse | gaukr | cuckoo |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gaukaz | cuckoo |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰAuǵ- | — |
Words derived from “gjøk”