yeke

English

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Etymology

From Middle English ȝek, ȝeac, from Old English ġēac (“cuckoo, gawk”), from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz (“cuckoo”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰAuǵ-, *gʰegʰAuǵ- (“cuckoo”). Cognate with Scots gowk (“cuckoo”), German Gauch (“cuckoo”), Danish gøg (“cuckoo”), Swedish gök (“cuckoo”). See also gawk, gowk.

Noun

yeke (plural yekes)

  1. (Britain dialectal) A cuckoo.

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