Where does “кокетничать” come from?
кокетничать (Russian) comes from Russian кокетка, from French coquette, from French coquet, from French coq, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen.
кокетничать (Russian): to coquet, to flirt
Definitions
- to coquet, to flirt
Ancestry of “кокетничать”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | кокетка | coquette |
| 2 | French | coquette | feminine singular of coquet; flirt, tease |
| 3 | French | coquet | vain, conscious of one's appearance; sweet, cute,... |
| 4 | French | coq | male chicken, rooster, cockerel, cock; a cook |
| 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- | — |