Where does “kökssoffa” come from?
kökssoffa (Swedish) comes from Swedish kök, from Old Swedish kökia, from Middle Low German kôke, from Middle Low German kȫkene, from Old Saxon kukina, from Proto-West Germanic kukinā, from Latin cocīna, from Latin coquīna.
kökssoffa (Swedish): a bench-like piece of furniture, often with a compartment beneath the seat for which the seat is the lid; sometimes able to be converted into a bedframe by pulling out the front of the compartment; previously often placed in the kitchen and sometimes used as a bed by domestic servants
Definitions
- a bench-like piece of furniture, often with a compartment beneath the seat for which the seat is the lid; sometimes able to be converted into a bedframe by pulling out the front of the compartment; previously often placed in the kitchen and sometimes used as a bed by domestic servants
Ancestry of “kökssoffa”, step by step
kökssoffa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kök
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kök | kitchen; a room; cuisine |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kökia | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kôke | kitchen |
| 4 | Middle Low German | kȫkene | kitchen |
| 5 | Old Saxon | kukina | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | kukinā | kitchen |
| 7 | Latin | cocīna | kitchen |
| 8 | Latin | coquīna | cooking; art of cookery |
| 9 | Latin | coquīnus | cook's |
| 10 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 11 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 12 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 13 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 14 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 15 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 17 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 18 | Proto-Italic | kʷekʷō | to cook |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | pékʷeti | to be cooking; to ripen |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | pekʷ- | to cook; to ripen |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃-ép-kʷ- | — |