gaukr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaukaz, akin to Old English ġēac, Old High German gouh.

Noun

gaukr m (genitive gauks, plural gaukar)

cuckoo

Declension

Declension of gaukr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gaukr	gaukrinn	gaukar	gaukarnir
accusative	gauk	gaukinn	gauka	gaukana
dative	gauki	gaukinum	gaukum	gaukunum
genitive	gauks	gauksins	gauka	gaukanna

Derived terms

gaukmánaðr ('cuckoo-month', the first summer month)

Descendants

Icelandic: gaukur
Faroese: geykur
Norn: gokk
Norwegian Nynorsk: gauk
- → Norwegian Bokmål: gauk
Old Swedish: gø̄ker
- Swedish: gök
Danish: gøg
- Norwegian Bokmål: gjøk (< 19th century Danish gjøg)
Scanian: gøg
Jamtish: gouk
→ Middle English: gowke, goke
- English: gawk
- Scots: gowk; gawk

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