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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaukaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰos, from *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (cuckoo), which Gąsiorowski makes a reduplicated noun based on *gʰewǵʰ- (to hide), of the type of *kʷékʷlos. Cognate with Latvian dzeguze (cuckoo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑu̯.kɑz/

Noun

*gaukaz m

  1. cuckoo

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *gaukaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *gaukaz *gaukōz, *gaukōs
vocative *gauk *gaukōz, *gaukōs
accusative *gauką *gaukanz
genitive *gaukas, *gaukis *gaukǫ̂
dative *gaukai *gaukamaz
instrumental *gaukō *gaukamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *gauk
    • Old English: ġēac
    • Old Saxon: *gōk
    • Old Dutch: *gouk, *gōk
      • Middle Dutch: *gook, gooch
    • Old High German: gouh, kouch
  • Old Norse: gaukr
    • Icelandic: gaukur
    • Faroese: geykur
    • Norn: gokk
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: gauk
      • Norwegian Bokmål: gauk
    • Old Swedish: gø̄ker
    • Danish: gøg
      • Norwegian Bokmål: gjøk (< 19th century Danish gjøg)
    • Scanian: gøg
    • Jamtish: gouk
    • Middle English: gowke, goke
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