Where does “kjøkkenhåndkle” come from?
kjøkkenhåndkle (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.
kjøkkenhåndkle (Norwegian Bokmål): a tea towel
Definitions
- a tea towel
Ancestry of “kjøkkenhåndkle”, step by step
kjøkkenhåndkle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kjøkken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kjøkken | a kitchen; cuisine |
| 2 | Middle Low German | kȫkene | kitchen |
| 3 | Old Saxon | kukina | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 5 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 6 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 7 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 8 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 9 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 10 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 11 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 12 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 13 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 15 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål håndkle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | håndkle | a towel |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | kle | to become, suit; to dress |
| 3 | Danish | klæde | cloth; cloths; suit, become; be befitting for |
| 4 | Old Danish | klæthæ | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | klæði | — |
| 6 | Old Frisian | klāth | cloth |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | klaiþą | cloth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gleyt- | to cling to, cleave, stick |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gley- | to glue, paste, stick together; to glue, stick... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gel- | to be cold, to freeze |