Where does “曲奇餅” come from?

曲奇餅 (Chinese) comes from Chinese 曲奇, from English Cookie, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną, from Proto-Germanic kukaz.

曲奇餅 (Chinese): cookie

Definitions

  1. cookie

Ancestry of “曲奇餅”, step by step

曲奇餅 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 曲奇

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese曲奇cookie
2EnglishCookieAn endearing or condescending nickname
3EnglishCookA placename
4Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
5Middle High Germankochento cook
6Old High Germankohhōnto cook
7Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
8Proto-Germanickukazcook
9LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
10Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
11Latinquoquoablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative...
12Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
14Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-

via Chinese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti