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Re: squawk, gawk, gowk and spoke (fwd)
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From: Mvoscol@aol.com
Cf. Concise Oxford English Dictionary:
gowk n. dial.
1a cuckoo.
2an awkward or halfwitted person; a fool.
Etymology ME f. ON gaukr f. Gmc (not from Anglo-Saxon or Old English geac!)
And the German Kuckuck is not related to gucken 'look etc.'
Does this get us anywhere useful? No.
Manfred V: Etymologist
Cf. Concise Oxford English Dictionary:
gowk n. dial.
1a cuckoo.
2an awkward or halfwitted person; a fool.
Etymology ME f. ON gaukr f. Gmc (not from Anglo-Saxon or Old English geac!)
And the German Kuckuck is not related to gucken 'look etc.'
Does this get us anywhere useful? No.
Manfred V: Etymologist