Where does “cyċen” come from?
cyċen (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kukinā, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna, from Latin coquīnus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen.
Ancestry of “cyċen”, step by step
cyċen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-West Germanic kukinā
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 2 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 3 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 4 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 5 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 6 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 7 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 8 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 9 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 10 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |
via Proto-Germanic kukinō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | kukinō | kitchen |