Where does “Küchenschrank” come from?
Küchenschrank (German) comes from German Küche, from Middle High German küche, from Old High German chuhhina, from Proto-West Germanic kukinā, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus.
Küchenschrank (German): cupboard, kitchen cabinet
Definitions
- cupboard, kitchen cabinet
Ancestry of “Küchenschrank”, step by step
Küchenschrank traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Küche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Küche | kitchen; cuisine |
| 2 | Middle High German | küche | — |
| 3 | Old High German | chuhhina | kitchen |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 5 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 6 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 7 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 8 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 9 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 10 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 11 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 12 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 13 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 15 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via German schrank
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | schrank | cabinet storage closet either separate from, or built into, a wall, or specifically |
| 2 | Middle High German | schranc | — |
| 3 | Old High German | scranc | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skrankaz | barrier; grid, barrier |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |