gowk

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (Northern-England, Scotland) A cuckoo.
2. A fool.

Verb

To make foolish; to stupefy.

Verb

To retch; vomit.

Sinonieme

cuckoo

fool

April Fool's day joke

April Fool's trick

April Fool's hoax

April Fool's joke

April Fool

April Fool's day gag

April Fool's gag

Vertalings

كذبة أبريل

Aprilscherz

poisson d’avril

cuculo

pesce d'aprile

1 aprilgrap

aprilvis

aprilmop

dia da mentira

basbaque

pez de abril

inocentada

nisanbalığı

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡaʊk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: goke

Geërf van Middle English: colk

Geërf van Old English: *colc

Verwante met Nuwe Noors: gulka

Verwante met Skots: cowk

Verwante met Nederlands: kolken

Verwante met Duits: kolken

Verwante met Duits: kölken

Verwante met Deens: kulke

In summary

From Middle English goke, gowke, from Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰegʰuǵʰ- (“cuckoo”).