Where does “Cookian” come from?

Cookian (English) comes 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, from Latin coquō.

Cookian (English): Of or relating to James Cook (1728?–1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and navy captain

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to James Cook (1728?–1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and navy captain

Ancestry of “Cookian”, step by step

Cookian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Cook

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

via English ian

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishian
2IrishEoinJohn any of several people in the Bible
3Old IrishIohainJohn apostle
4LatinIōannēsJohn biblical persons
5Ancient GreekἸωάννης
6HebrewיוחנןYahweh is gracious
7Hebrewחנוןgracious, merciful, compassionate; passive...
8Moroccan Arabicخنونةmucus, snot
9Arabicخُنَّة
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti
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