Where does “Schottland” come from?
Schottland (German) comes from German Schotte, from Italian scotto, from Latin excoctus, from Latin excoquō, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Ancestry of “Schottland”, step by step
Schottland traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Schotte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schotte | Scot, Scotsman |
| 2 | Italian | scotto | overcooked, overdone; The amount to pay for a... |
| 3 | Latin | excoctus | boiled |
| 4 | Latin | excoquō | to boil (out), melt (out), dry up |
| 5 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 6 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 7 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 8 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 9 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 13 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 14 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |