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

  1. female cook

Ancestry of “cuharcă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianкухаркаcook, chef
2Polishkucharkaservant
3PolishKucharzcook, chef
4Old High Germanchoch
5Proto-Germanickukazcook
6LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
7Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
8EnglishCookA placename
9Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
10Middle High Germankochento cook
11Old High Germankohhōnto cook
12Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
13Latincoqueresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
14Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
15Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
16Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti