Where does “cōken” come from?
cōken (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch kokon, from Old Saxon kokōn, from Latin cocō, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
cōken (Middle Dutch): to cook
Definitions
- to cook
Ancestry of “cōken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | kokon | — |
| 2 | Old Saxon | kokōn | — |
| 3 | Latin | cocō | attested from the third century CE |
| 4 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 5 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 6 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 7 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 8 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 12 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 13 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |