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

Definitions

  1. a cuckoo

Ancestry of “gjøk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gjøk”

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