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