Where does “kaki” come from?

kaki (Esperanto) comes from English cack, from English cock, from Middle English cok, from Old English cōc, from Vulgar Latin cocus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook.

kaki (Esperanto): to defecate, poop

Definitions

  1. to defecate, poop

Ancestry of “kaki”, step by step

kaki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English cack

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcackA squawk; A discordant note; To squawk
2EnglishcockA male bird, "especially:"; A valve or tap for...
3Middle Englishcokrooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic...
4Old Englishcōca cook
5Vulgar Latincocus
6LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
7Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
8EnglishCookA placename
9Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
10Middle High Germankochento cook
11Old High Germankohhōnto cook
12Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
13Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
14Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-

via Russian какать

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianкакатьto to poop, to crap
2Proto-Slavic*kàkatito shit, defecate
3Proto-Balto-Slavic*kākā́ˀteito shit, defecate
4Proto-Indo-Europeankakka-to defecate

via Italian cacare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancacareto shit, crap; to give a shit
2Latincacatusdefecated, having been shit
3Latincacōto defecate, shit, pass excrement
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-