gaukr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gaukaz, akin to Old English ġēac, Old High German gouh. === Noun === gaukr m (genitive gauks, plural gaukar) cuckoo ==== Declension ==== ==== 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, gaukEnglish: gowk, gawkMiddle Scots: gowk, golkScots: gowk, goak, gouk→ Middle Welsh: gwcw (blend with cokkou)Welsh: gwcw