Where does “koken” come from?
koken (Haitian Creole) comes from French coquin, from Old French queux, from Italian cuocere, from Spanish cocer, from Russian ку́хня, from Polish kuchnia, from Old Polish kuchnia, from Old High German chuhhina — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
koken (Haitian Creole): swindler, crook, scoundrel
Definitions
- swindler, crook, scoundrel
Ancestry of “koken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coquin | rascal, scoundrel; lucky dog; mischievous |
| 2 | Old French | queux | cook |
| 3 | Italian | cuocere | to bake, cook |
| 4 | Spanish | cocer | to boil; to cook; to brew |
| 5 | Russian | ку́хня | kitchen |
| 6 | Polish | kuchnia | kitchen |
| 7 | Old Polish | kuchnia | kitchen |
| 8 | Old High German | chuhhina | kitchen |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 10 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 11 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 12 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 13 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 14 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 15 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 16 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 19 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 20 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 21 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 22 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 23 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |