Where does “gauk” come from?

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

gauk (Proto-West Germanic): cuckoo

Definitions

  1. cuckoo

Ancestry of “gauk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgaukazcuckoo
2Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰAuǵ-—

Words derived from “gauk”

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