Where does “pankuko” come from?
pankuko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto pano, from French pain, from Italian pane, from Spanish PAN, from Old Spanish pan, from Latin pānis, from Proto-Indo-European peh₂- — to protect; to shepherd.
pankuko (Esperanto): French toast, eggy bread sliced bread dipped in a milk and egg-based mixture and pan-fried
Definitions
- French toast, eggy bread sliced bread dipped in a milk and egg-based mixture and pan-fried
Ancestry of “pankuko”, step by step
pankuko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto pano
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | pano | bread |
| 2 | French | pain | bread; piece of bread; food |
| 3 | Italian | pane | bread; block |
| 4 | Spanish | PAN | bread |
| 5 | Old Spanish | pan | bread |
| 6 | Latin | pānis | bread, loaf |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂- | to protect; to shepherd |
via Esperanto kuko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | kuko | cake |
| 2 | German | küchen | pie; cake; tart foodstuff made of baked dough, other than bread |
| 3 | Middle High German | kuoche | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kuocho | Alternative spelling of kuohho; cake |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kōkô | cake |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gōg- | round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump |