cocc

Old English

Alternative forms

• coc

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

• cocrōd
• sǣcocc
• wuducoc

Descendants

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