Where does “overkoken” come from?
overkoken (Dutch) comes from Dutch koken, from Middle Dutch cōken, from Old Dutch kokon, from Old Saxon kokōn, from Latin cocō, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
overkoken (Dutch): to boil over
Definitions
- to boil over
Ancestry of “overkoken”, step by step
overkoken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch koken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | koken | to cook, boil; to seethe, boil with anger |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | cōken | to cook |
| 3 | Old Dutch | kokon | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | kokōn | — |
| 5 | Latin | cocō | attested from the third century CE |
| 6 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 7 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 8 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 9 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 10 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 13 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 14 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 15 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |