Where does “skatgök” come from?

skatgök (Swedish) comes from Swedish gök, from Old Swedish gø̄ker, from Old Norse gaukr, from Proto-Germanic gaukaz, from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ-.

skatgök (Swedish): a great spotted cuckoo, Clamator glandarius

Definitions

  1. a great spotted cuckoo, Clamator glandarius

Ancestry of “skatgök”, step by step

skatgök traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish gök

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishgökcuckoo; a bird; penis; liquor, of a mouthful size
2Old Swedishgø̄kercuckoo
3Old Norsegaukrcuckoo
4Proto-Germanicgaukazcuckoo
5Proto-Indo-EuropeangʰAuǵ-—

via Swedish skat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskat—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰAuǵ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gaukaz →Every word from Old Norse gaukr →