coucou

Norman

noun

Definitions

(Jersey) cuckoo
(Jersey)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French cucu inherited from Latin cucūlus (cuckoo).

Origin

Latin

cucūlus

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

cuculus Latin
cucūlus Latin
cuculo Italian
cucù Italian
coucou French
cokkou Middle English
-auld Old French
cucu Old French
*-wald Frankish