Where does “uncookable” come from?
uncookable (English) comes from English cookable, 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.
uncookable (English): Not cookable
Definitions
- Not cookable
Ancestry of “uncookable”, step by step
uncookable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cookable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cookable | That can be cooked; suitable for cooking;... |
| 2 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 3 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 4 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 5 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 8 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 9 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 10 | Latin | quoquo | ablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |