Where does “kok” come from?
kok (Maltese) comes from Sicilian cocu, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną.
kok (Maltese): cook
Definitions
- cook
Ancestry of “kok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | cocu | A cook; person who makes food |
| 2 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 3 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 4 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 5 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 6 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 7 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 9 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |