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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/gʰegʰuǵʰ-

This Proto-Indo-European 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-Indo-European

Etymology

Derived from a repeating root *gʰe-gʰu-ǵʰ-, of onomatopoeic origin.

Root

*gʰegʰuǵʰ-

  1. cuckoo
    Synonym: *kukū (“cuckoo”)[1]

Derived terms
  • *gʰegʰuǵʰ-eh₂ ~ *gʰegʰuǵʰ-yeh₂ f
    • Proto-Balto-Slavic: *geguźāˀ, *geguźjāˀ (“cuckoo”)[2][3]
      • East Baltic:
        • Latvian: dzȩguze; dzȩgûze, dzȩguôze, dzȩguse, dzȩgusis (dialectal)
        • Lithuanian: gegužė̃, gegùžė; degužė̃, gegùžis, gegužė̃lė (dialectal)
          • ⇒ Lithuanian: gegė̃, gẽgė
      • West Baltic:
        • Old Prussian: geguse
      • Proto-Slavic: *žegъza[4][5][6][7] (see there for further descendants)
        • ⇒ Proto-Slavic: *žegъzuľa (see there for further descendants)
  • *gʰe(gʰ)uǵʰ-os m
    • Proto-Germanic: *gaukaz (“cuckoo”)[8] (see there for further descendants)

References
  1. Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*kukū”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 142: “cuckoo”
  2. “gegužė”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  3. Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “gegužė̃”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎ (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 447
  4. Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “зегзи́ца”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  5. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “зозу́ля”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volumes 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 274
  6. Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “зозу́ля”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 451
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  8. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*gauka-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 171: “m. 'cuckoo'”
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