Where does “køkkenmødding” come from?

køkkenmødding (Danish) comes from Danish køkken, 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.

køkkenmødding (Danish): a kitchen midden; a prehistoric pile of waste, especially associated with the Ertebølle culture ( – 3,950)

Definitions

  1. a kitchen midden; a prehistoric pile of waste, especially associated with the Ertebølle culture ( – 3,950)

Ancestry of “køkkenmødding”, step by step

køkkenmødding traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish køkken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishkøkkena kitchen; cuisine; a galley
2Middle Low Germankȫkenekitchen
3Old Saxonkukina
4Proto-West Germanickukinākitchen
5Latincocīnakitchen
6Latincoquīnacooking; art of cookery
7Latincoquīnuscook's
8LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
9Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
10EnglishCookA placename
11Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
12Middle High Germankochento cook
13Old High Germankohhōnto cook
14Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
15Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
16Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
17Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
18Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
19Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-

via Danish mødding

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishmøddinga dung heap
2Danishmøgrubbish, trash, muck; dirt, filth, muck; dung,...
3Old Norsemykrcow dung; dung
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti