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