Where does “sandnesgauk” come from?

sandnesgauk (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Norwegian Nynorsk gauk, from Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic gaukaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ-.

sandnesgauk (Norwegian Nynorsk): a kind of traditional ocarina from Sandnes, Rogaland

Definitions

  1. a kind of traditional ocarina from Sandnes, Rogaland

Ancestry of “sandnesgauk”, step by step

sandnesgauk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Nynorsk gauk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskgauka cuckoo; one who sells liquor illegally; an...
2Old Norsegaukrcuckoo
3Proto-Germanicgaukazcuckoo
4Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰAuǵ-—

via Norwegian Nynorsk Sandnes

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian NynorskSandnesand the ninth-largest city in Norway
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaukaz →Every word from Old Norse gaukr →