Where does “Catherine wheel cookie” come from?
Catherine wheel cookie (English) comes 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, from Latin coquus.
Catherine wheel cookie (English): A large cookie with a spiral design
Definitions
- A large cookie with a spiral design
Ancestry of “Catherine wheel cookie”, step by step
Catherine wheel cookie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Cookie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Cookie | An endearing or condescending nickname |
| 2 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 3 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 4 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 5 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 8 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 9 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 10 | Latin | quoquo | ablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English Catherine wheel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Catherine wheel | A breaking wheel; The image of a breaking wheel,... |