Where does “kokettere” come from?
kokettere (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from French coqueter, from French coquet, from French coq, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen.
kokettere (Norwegian Bokmål): to coquet, flirt, act coquettishly
Definitions
- to coquet, flirt, act coquettishly
Ancestry of “kokettere”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coqueter | to flirt; to coquet |
| 2 | French | coquet | vain, conscious of one's appearance; sweet, cute,... |
| 3 | French | coq | male chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook |
| 4 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 5 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 6 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 7 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 8 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 9 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |