Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kukkaz

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

Unknown. Perhaps imitative.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkuk.kɑz/

Noun

*kukkaz m

cock, rooster, chicken

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *kukkaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kukkaz	kukkōz, kukkōs
vocative	*kukk	kukkōz, kukkōs
accusative	*kukką	*kukkanz
genitive	kukkas, kukkis	*kukkǫ̂
dative	*kukkai	*kukkamaz
instrumental	*kukkō	*kukkamiz

Synonyms

*hanô

Related terms

*kiukīną

Descendants

Old English: cocc, coc
- Middle English: cok
  - English: cock
  - Scots: cok
  - Yola: cuck
Frankish: *kokk, *kok
- Old Dutch: *cocc (found in Latinised form as coccus)
  - Middle Dutch: cocke
    - Dutch: kok
- → Old French: coc, coq
  - Middle French: coq
    - French: coq
      - → Esperanto: koko (through merger with English cock)
- → Walloon: cocq, kok
Old Norse: kokkr
- Icelandic: kokkur
- Danish: kok
- Northern Sami: kuk
→ Finnic: *kukkoi

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