Where does “gecocnian” come from?
gecocnian (Old English) comes from Old English cōcnian, from Old English cōc, from Vulgar Latin cocus, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen.
gecocnian (Old English): to season food
Definitions
- to season food
Ancestry of “gecocnian”, step by step
gecocnian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English cōcnian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | cōcnian | to season food |
| 2 | Old English | cōc | a cook |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | cocus | — |
| 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- | — |