Where does “Parkin” come from?
Parkin derives from Middle English -kin, Old English -cian and cynn meaning family or race, ultimately from Proto-Germanic kunją and Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- meaning to beget or produce.
Parkin (English): A traditional soft cake of Northern England, usually made with oatmeal and treacle
Definitions
- A traditional soft cake of Northern England, usually made with oatmeal and treacle
Ancestry of “Parkin”, step by step
Parkin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Peter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Peter | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter P |
| 2 | Middle English | Peter | Peter |
| 3 | Latin | Petrus | Peter |
| 4 | Indonesian | penembak | shooter |
| 5 | Indonesian | tembak | to shoot to fire a shot |
| 6 | Malay | tembak | to shoot |
| 7 | Malay | timbak | Obsolete form of tembak |
| 8 | Proto-Malayic | timbak | — |
| 9 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | ti(m)bak | — |
via Middle English per
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | per | Alternative form of pere |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | peir | — |
| 3 | Old French | per | by; equal |
| 4 | Latin | pār | even (of a number) |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | perH- | to fly; fore, first; exchange |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |