Cokkou, probably from Old French cucu
(whence French coucou);
perhaps via Latin cucūlus.
Displaced native
Old English ġēac
Proto-Germanic gaukaza;
Old Norse Gaukr
Ancient Greek κόκκυξ,
Middle Irish cuach,
From the verb to weep, or caí-oh
Polish kukułka,
Finnish kukkua.
Sanskrit कोकिल (kokila)
hatching other brood parasites
urdu-hindi koyal
forming koel, koel.
