rook

A rook (bird)

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  • Image:Kovas.jpg|thumb|A rook (bird)
  • From Middle English rok, roke, from Old English hrōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hrōk, from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz (compare Old Norse hrókr, Saterland Frisian Rouk, Dutch roek, obsolete German Ruch), from Proto-Indo-European *kerk- (compare Old Irish cerc ("hen"), Old Prussian kerko ("loon, diver"), dialectal Bulgarian кро́кон ("raven"), Ancient Greek κόραξ ("crow"), Old Armenian ագռաւ, Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬵𐬭𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀𐬝, Sanskrit कृकर), Ukrainian крук ("raven").
  • Image:Chess rook 0967.jpg|thumb|180px|A rook (chess)
  • From Middle English rook, roke, rok, from Old French roc, ultimately from Persian رخ, from Middle Persian lhw' ("rook, castle (chess)"), possibly from Sanskrit रथ ("chariot"). Compare roc.
  • From rookie.
  • From Middle English roke, rock, rok, from Old Norse *rauk, related to Icelandic rok, roka, Middle Dutch rooc, rok, Modern Dutch rook.

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