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Where does “cocer” come from?

cocer (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cozer, from Vulgar Latin cocere, from Latin coquo, from Latin quoquo, from Proto-Italic kʷekʷō, from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti, from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-.

cocer (Galician): to boil, stew; to cook; to bake

Definitions

  1. to boil, stew; to cook; to bake

Ancestry of “cocer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecozerto cook
2Vulgar Latincoceresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3LatincoquoI cook; I prepare food; I ripen; I roast, I dry
4Latinquoquoablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative...
5Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- →