Where does “Reiskocher” come from?

Reiskocher (German) comes from German Köcher, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną, from Proto-Germanic kukaz, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō — to bend, arch.

Reiskocher (German): rice cooker

Definitions

  1. rice cooker

Ancestry of “Reiskocher”, step by step

Reiskocher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Köcher

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKöcherquiver
2Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
3Middle High Germankochento cook
4Old High Germankohhōnto cook
5Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
6Proto-Germanickukazcook
7LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
8Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
9EnglishCookA placename
10Middle Englishcookcook, chef, restauranteur; nourisher, nourishment
11Old Englishcōca cook
12Proto-West Germanickokkcock, rooster, chicken
13Proto-Germanickukkazcock, rooster, chicken
14Proto-Indo-Europeangēw-to bend, arch

via German Reis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanReisrice; shoot; plural of Real
2Middle High Germanrīs
3Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
4Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
5Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
6Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gēw-