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Number: 1059
Root: kuku
English meaning: cuckoo cooing
German meaning: `Nachahmung des Kuckucksrufes'
Material: Ai. kōkilá- m. `der indische Kuckuck', kṓka- m. `Kuckuck' (auch `Gans; Wolf' s. unter kān).

    Gr. κόκκυξ, -ῡγος m. `Kuckuck' (dissim. aus *κυκκυ-), κόκκυ: `Ruf des Kuckucks', κοκκύζω `rufe Kuckuck';

    lat. cucūlus `Kuckuck' (unmittelbar von *cucū gebildet);

    mir. cūach (oder Neubildung zu air. cōi < *kovik-s, Gen. cūäch?), cymr. cog `Kuckuck'; nhd. (ohne Lautverschiebung infolge stets nebenhergehender Neuschöpfung) Kuckuck;

    lit. kukúoti, lett. kū̆kuôt `Kuckuck rufen'; serb. kȕkavica `Kuckuck' russ. kukúša usw. ds., r. kukuvátь usw. `wie ein Kuckuck rufen'.

References: WP. I 466 f., WH. I 299.
Pages: 627
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