Gauch

Meaning

1. (archaic, masculine, strong) a cuckoo; Cuculus canorus
2. (archaic, masculine, strong) a fool

Concepts

cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Synonyms

Kuckuck

Kuckuckspfeife

Translations

وقواق

cucut

κούκος

coucou

cucù

cuculo

cu cu

cuculus

koekoek

coguol

cuco

cuco

guguk

guguk kuşu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡaʊ̯x/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: gouch

Inherited from Old High German: gouh

Cognate with Danish: gøg

Cognate with Faroese: geykur

Cognate with Icelandic: gaukur

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: gjøk

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: gauk

Cognate with Swedish: gök

In summary

From Middle High German gouch, from Old High German gouh, from Proto-West Germanic *gauk, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.
Compare German Low German Göök, Danish gøg, Faroese geykur, Icelandic gaukur, Norwegian Bokmål gjøk, Norwegian Nynorsk gauk, Swedish gök.