Where does “brillenkoker” come from?
brillenkoker (Dutch) comes from Dutch koker, from Dutch koken, from Middle Dutch cōken, from Old Dutch kokon, from Old Saxon kokōn, from Latin cocō, from Latin coquō, from English Cook.
brillenkoker (Dutch): spectacle case
Ancestry of “brillenkoker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | koker | tube, cylinder, cylindrical case, quiver; Someone... |
| 2 | Dutch | koken | to cook, boil; to seethe, boil with anger |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | cōken | — |
| 4 | Old Dutch | kokon | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | kokōn | — |
| 6 | Latin | cocō | — |
| 7 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 8 | English | Cook | — |
| 9 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 10 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 11 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 13 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |