Where does “ġēac” come from?

ġēac (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic gauk, from Proto-Germanic gaukaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ-.

ġēac (Old English): cuckoo, gawk

Definitions

  1. cuckoo, gawk

Ancestry of “ġēac”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ġēac”

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