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
  • Danish: gøg
    • Norwegian Bokmål: gjøk (< 19th century Danish gjøg)
  • Scanian: gøg
  • Jamtish: gouk
  • → Middle English: goke, gowke, gouke, gauk
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