Where does “kokettieren” come from?
kokettieren (German) comes from French coqueter, from French coquet, from French coq, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen.
kokettieren (German): to flirt; to toy; to play, to show off
Definitions
- to flirt; to toy; to play, to show off
Ancestry of “kokettieren”, step by step
kokettieren traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French coqueter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coqueter | to flirt; to coquet |
| 2 | French | coquet | vain, conscious of one's appearance; sweet, cute,... |
| 3 | French | coq | male chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook |
| 4 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 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 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via German kokett
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kokett | coquettish, flirtatious |