cocc

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kokk, probably ultimately of imitative origin. Cognate with Old Norse kokkr, Late Latin coccus (whence Old French coc, Modern French coq) from the same Germanic source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kokk/, [kok]

Noun

cocc m

  1. cock, a male bird

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative cocc coccas
accusative cocc coccas
genitive cocces cocca
dative cocce coccum

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: cok, cock, cocke, coke, cokke, cooke, koc, kok
    • English: cock
    • Scots: cock, cok
    • Yola: cuck
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