Where does “kok” come from?
kok (Albanian) comes from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną, from Latin coquere.
kok (Albanian): coconut
Definitions
- coconut
Ancestry of “kok”, step by step
kok traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin coquus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 2 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 3 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 4 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 5 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 6 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 8 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via Italian cocco
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cocco | coconut palm; coconut; Synonym of ovolo |
| 2 | Spanish | coco | coconut; testicle; bogeyman |
| 3 | Russian | коко́с | coconut |
| 4 | Portuguese | cocos | plural of coco |
| 5 | Portuguese | coco | coconut |
| 6 | Late Latin | coccum | kernel, seed; a scarlet berry of various plants;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κόκκος | grain, seed, kernel; The kermes oak; insects of... |