The story
- Old Norse · derived fromgaukr“cuckoo”
- English todayGauxholme
From Old Norse gaukr (“cuckoo”) [Term?] + holme meaning "island of the cuckoo".
Words from the same roots
Old Norsegaukr all →
gowk
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gauxholme
Today it means: A suburb of Todmorden, Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SD9323). Full definition →
Old Norse gaukr