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2024
gaukr
gaukr
Old Norse
Noun
gaukr
m
cuckoo
Derived terms
gaukmánaðr
('cuckoo-month', the first summer month)
Descendants
Danish: gøg
c
Faroese:
geykur
m
Icelandic:
gaukur
m
Norwegian (Bokmål):
gjøk
m
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
gauk
m
Swedish:
gök
c
Etymology
From
Proto-Germanic
*gaukaz
, akin to Old English
ġēac
, Old High German
gouh
.
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