gaukr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gaukaz, akin to Old English ġēac, Old High German gouh.

Noun

gaukr m (genitive gauks, plural gaukar)

1. cuckoo

Declension

  Declension of gaukr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gaukr	gaukrinn	gaukar	gaukarnir
accusative	gauk	gaukinn	gauka	gaukana
dative	gauki	gaukinum	gaukum	gaukunum
genitive	gauks	gauksins	gauka	gaukanna

Derived terms

• gaukmánaðr ('cuckoo-month', the first summer month)

Descendants

• Icelandic: gaukur
• Faroese: geykur
• Norn: gokk
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gauk
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: gauk
• Old Swedish: gø̄ker
  • Swedish: gök
• Danish: gøg
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjøk (< 19th century Danish gjøg)
• Scanian: gøg
• Jamtish: gouk
• → Middle English: goke, gowke, gouke, gauk
  • English: gowk, gawk
  • Scots: gowk, gouk