Where does “cok” come from?
cok (Middle English) comes from Old English cōc, from Vulgar Latin cocus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn.
cok (Middle English): rooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic...
Definitions
- rooster, cock; rooster crest, comb; heraldic...
Ancestry of “cok”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | cōc | a cook |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | cocus | — |
| 3 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 4 | Latin | coquō | — |
| 5 | English | Cook | — |
| 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 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |