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Where does “higok” come from?

higok (Volapük) comes from Volapük hi-, from English he- — Indicating a male, usually of an animal.

higok (Volapük): cock, rooster, male fowl

Definitions

  1. cock, rooster, male fowl

Ancestry of “higok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Volapükhi-Used to specify male gender
2Englishhe-Indicating a male, usually of an animal
Every word from English he- →