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

Declension 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, ġǣc, ġēc
      • Middle English: ȝek, yek, yeke, ȝeac, ȝeke
    • Old Saxon: *gōk
    • Old Dutch: *gouk, *gōk
      • Middle Dutch: *gook, gooch
    • Old High German: gouh, kouch
  • Old Norse: gaukr
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