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

  1. 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

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

via English Catherine wheel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCatherine wheelA breaking wheel; The image of a breaking wheel,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-