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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/gaukaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

From Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰeh₂ (cuckoo), which Gąsiorowski makes a reduplicated noun based on *gʰeuǵʰ- (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

  • Old English: ġēac
  • Old Saxon: *gōk
  • Old Dutch: *gouk, *gōk
    • Middle Dutch: *gook, gooch
  • Old High German: gouh, kouch
    • Middle High German: gouch
      • German: Gauch
  • Old Norse: gaukr
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