Where does “gatekjøkken” come from?

gatekjøkken (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kjøkken, from Middle Low German kȫkene, from Old Saxon kukina, from Proto-West Germanic kukinā, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus.

gatekjøkken (Norwegian Bokmål): fast food restaurant

Definitions

  1. fast food restaurant

Ancestry of “gatekjøkken”, step by step

gatekjøkken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norwegian Bokmål kjøkken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålkjøkkena kitchen; cuisine
2Middle Low Germankȫkenekitchen
3Old Saxonkukina
4Proto-West Germanickukinākitchen
5Latincocīnakitchen
6Latincoquīnacooking; art of cookery
7Latincoquīnuscook's
8LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
9Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
10EnglishCookA placename
11Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
12Middle High Germankochento cook
13Old High Germankohhōnto cook
14Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
15Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
16Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
17Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
18Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
19Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-

via Norwegian Bokmål gate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Bokmålgatea street
2Old Norsegatastreet, road
3Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti