gawk
English
/ɡɔːk/, /ɡɑk/
noun
Definitions
- A cuckoo.
- A fool; a simpleton; a stupid or clumsy person.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gowke derived from Old Norse gaukr (cuckoo) derived 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
- gauche English
- gawker English
- gawkily English
- gawkiness English
- gawkish English
- gawkishly English
- gawkishness English
- gawkling English
- gawksome English
- gawky English
- Gauch German
- Gauchheil German
- gauchard French
- gauche French
- gauchement French
- gaucher French
- gauchir French
- gauchisme French
- gauchiste French
- ultragauche French
- *gʰAuǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- gjøk Norwegian Bokmål
- *gaukaz Proto-Germanic
- gök Swedish
- kaffegök Swedish
- knäppgök Swedish
- skatgök Swedish
- gauk Norwegian Nynorsk
- ġēac Old English
- goke Middle English
- gowke Middle English
- ȝek Middle English
- gaukr Old Norse
- gaucher Old French
- gauchier Old French
- gaukur Icelandic
- geykur Faroese
- gouch Middle High German
- *gauk gmw-pro
- gø̄ker Old Swedish
- gauk Westrobothnian