Where does “cisten” come from?
cisten (Middle Irish) comes from Middle English kichene, from Old English cyċen, from Proto-West Germanic kukinā, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō.
Ancestry of “cisten”, step by step
cisten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English kichene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | kichene | A kitchen; room for food preparation |
| 2 | Old English | cyċen | — |
| 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 Proto-West Germanic *kastannjā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *kastannjā | chestnut |