Where does “gōk” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gōk”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gōk”

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