Where does “kawc” come from?
kawc (Middle Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic *kọg, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną.
Ancestry of “kawc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Brythonic | *kọg | — |
| 2 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 3 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 4 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 5 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 6 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 7 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 9 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |