Etymology Explorer › Middle EnglishWhere does “kuchen” come from? kuchen (Middle English) comes from Old English cycen, from Old English cyċene, from Proto-West Germanic kukinā, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō.
Ancestry of “kuchen”, step by step kuchen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English cycen Step Language Word Meaning 1 Old English cycen Alternative form of cyċene; Alternative form of... 2 Old English cyċene kitchen 3 Proto-West Germanic kukinā kitchen 4 Latin cocīna kitchen 5 Latin coquīna cooking; art of cookery 6 Latin coquīnus cook's 7 Latin coquus A cook; person who makes food 8 Latin coquō to cook; prepare food 9 English Cook A placename 10 German kochen to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... 11 Middle High German kochen to cook 12 Old High German kohhōn to cook 13 Proto-Germanic kukōną to cook 14 Latin coquere second-person singular future passive indicative... 15 Proto-Italic kʷekʷō to cook 16 Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti to be cooking; to ripen 17 Proto-Indo-European pekʷ- to cook; to ripen 18 Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ- —
via Old English cycene Step Language Word Meaning 1 Old English cycene kitchen
via Old English cyċen Step Language Word Meaning 1 Old English cyċen —
Words derived from “kuchen”