Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/gauk

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.

Noun

*gauk m

1. cuckoo

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*gauk
Genitive	*gaukas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*gauk	*gaukō, *gaukōs
Accusative	*gauk	*gaukā
Genitive	*gaukas	*gaukō
Dative	*gaukē	*gaukum
Instrumental	*gauku	*gaukum

Descendants

• Old English: ġēac, ġǣc, ġēc
  • Middle English: ȝek, yek, yeke, ȝeac, ȝeke
• Old Saxon: *gōk
  • Middle Low German: gôk
    • German Low German: Göök
• Old Dutch: *gouk, *gōk
  • Middle Dutch: *gook, gooch
• Old High German: gouh, kouch
  • Middle High German: gouch
    • German: Gauch