Where does “kuak” come from?
kuak (Albanian) comes from Middle Low German kôke, from Middle Low German kȫkene, from Old Saxon kukina, from Proto-West Germanic kukinā, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus.
kuak (Albanian): I croak
Definitions
- I croak
Ancestry of “kuak”, step by step
kuak traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Low German kôke
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | kôke | kitchen |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kȫkene | kitchen |
| 3 | Old Saxon | kukina | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 5 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 6 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 7 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 8 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 9 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 10 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 11 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 12 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 13 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 15 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via Ilocano kua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilocano | kua | Replaces a word or root that the speaker cannot recall; whatchamacallit; thingy; thingamajig |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | kua | — |
via Proto-Indo-European ku̯ak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | ku̯ak | croaking, quacking |