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Where does “kok” come from?

kok (Latvian) comes from Latvian koks, from Proto-Baltic kuok-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewk- — flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten.

kok (Latvian): vocative singular of koks

Definitions

  1. vocative singular of koks

Ancestry of “kok”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankokstree; timber; logs, boards, planks
2Proto-Baltickuok-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewk-flare up, glow; white; to glow, burn, lighten
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