Where does “overcookedness” come from?
overcookedness (English) comes from English overcooked, from English cooked, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną, from Proto-Germanic kukaz.
overcookedness (English): Quality of being overcooked
Definitions
- Quality of being overcooked
Ancestry of “overcookedness”, step by step
overcookedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English overcooked
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | overcooked | Made unpalatable or inedible by cooking for too long |
| 2 | English | cooked | Of food, that has been prepared by cooking;... |
| 3 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 4 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 5 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 6 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 9 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 10 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 11 | Latin | quoquo | ablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |