Where does “cuharcă” come from?
cuharcă (Romanian) comes from Ukrainian кухарка, from Polish kucharka, from Polish Kucharz, from Old High German choch, from Proto-Germanic kukaz, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook.
cuharcă (Romanian): female cook
Definitions
- female cook
Ancestry of “cuharcă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | кухарка | cook, chef |
| 2 | Polish | kucharka | servant |
| 3 | Polish | Kucharz | cook, chef |
| 4 | Old High German | choch | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 6 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 7 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 8 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 9 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 10 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 11 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 13 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |