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
- to defecate, poop
Ancestry of “kaki”, step by step
kaki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English cack
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cack | A squawk; A discordant note; To squawk |
| 2 | English | cock | A male bird, "especially:"; A valve or tap for... |
| 3 | Middle English | cok | rooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic... |
| 4 | Old English | cōc | a cook |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | cocus | — |
| 6 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 7 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 8 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 9 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 10 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 11 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 13 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via Russian какать
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | какать | to to poop, to crap |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | *kàkati | to shit, defecate |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *kākā́ˀtei | to shit, defecate |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kakka- | to defecate |