Where does “encucado” come from?
encucado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese encucar, from Portuguese cuca, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną, from Proto-Germanic kukaz.
encucado (Portuguese): stumped, puzzled, stuck on (a situation or problem)
Definitions
- stumped, puzzled, stuck on (a situation or problem)
Ancestry of “encucado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | encucar | to confuse |
| 2 | Portuguese | cuca | head; Streuselkuchen; a skilled cook or chef |
| 3 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 4 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 5 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 6 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 9 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 10 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 11 | Latin | quoquo | ablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative... |
| 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- | — |