Gauch
German (Berlin)
/ɡaʊ̯x/
noun
Definitions
- (archaic) a cuckoo; Cuculus canorus
- (archaic) a fool
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German gouch inherited from Old High German gouh inherited from *gauk (cuckoo) inherited from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (cuckoo).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gaukaz
Gloss
cuckoo
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gawk English
- gawker English
- gawkish English
- gawkling English
- gawksome English
- gawky English
- yeke English
- Gauchheil German
- Heil German
- *gʰAuǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- gjøk Norwegian Bokmål
- gjøkur Norwegian Bokmål
- *gaukaz Proto-Germanic
- gök Swedish
- kaffegök Swedish
- knäppgök Swedish
- skatgök Swedish
- gauk Norwegian Nynorsk
- gaukur Norwegian Nynorsk
- sandnesgauk Norwegian Nynorsk
- geac Old English
- ġēac Old English
- gowke Middle English
- ȝek Middle English
- gaukr Old Norse
- gaukur Icelandic
- gouh Old High German
- geykur Faroese
- gouch Middle High German
- *gauk gmw-pro
- *gōk Old Saxon
- gø̄ker Old Swedish