Where does “potjiekos” come from?
potjiekos (English) comes from Afrikaans potjiekos, from Afrikaans kos, from English ’cause, from Middle English cause, from Old French cause, from Latin causa, from Old Latin caussa, from Proto-Indo-European kawd-teh₂.
potjiekos (English): Food cooked in a three-legged pot or cauldron...
Definitions
- Food cooked in a three-legged pot or cauldron...
Ancestry of “potjiekos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Afrikaans | potjiekos | — |
| 2 | Afrikaans | kos | food |
| 3 | English | ’cause | — |
| 4 | Middle English | cause | cause |
| 5 | Old French | cause | cause |
| 6 | Latin | causa | cause, reason; case, claim, contention; motive,... |
| 7 | Old Latin | caussa | cause, reason, purpose; case, claim; Archaic form... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kawd-teh₂ | — |