Where does “jūrascūciņa” come from?
jūrascūciņa (Latvian) comes from Italian cucina, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen.
jūrascūciņa (Latvian): guinea pig
Definitions
- guinea pig
Ancestry of “jūrascūciņa”, step by step
jūrascūciņa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian cucina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | cucina | kitchen; cooking, cookery, cuisine, food;... |
| 2 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 3 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 4 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 5 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 6 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 7 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 8 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 9 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 10 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |