Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kokk

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 *kukkaz.

Noun

*kokk m

1. cock, rooster, chicken

   Synonym: *hanō

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kokk
Genitive	*kokkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kokk	*kokkō, *kokkōs
Accusative	*kokk	*kokkā
Genitive	*kokkas	*kokkō
Dative	*kokkē	*kokkum
Instrumental	*kokku	*kokkum

Descendants

• Old English: cocc, coc
  • Middle English: cok, cocke, cock, kok, coke, cooke, cokke
    • English: cock
    • Scots: cock, cok
    • Yola: cuck
• Old Dutch: *cocc
  • Middle Dutch: cocke
    • Dutch: kok
• → Late Latin: coccus
  • Old French: coc (see there for further descendants)