Where does “kocka” come from?
kocka (Swedish) comes from Swedish kock, from Dutch kok, from Middle Dutch coc, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen.
kocka (Swedish): a female cook (on a ship or for a work crew or the like)
Definitions
- a female cook (on a ship or for a work crew or the like)
Ancestry of “kocka”, step by step
kocka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish kock
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | kock | cook |
| 2 | Dutch | kok | cook, chef |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | coc | — |
| 4 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 5 | Latin | coquō | to cook; prepare food |
| 6 | English | Cook | A placename |
| 7 | German | kochen | to cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred... |
| 8 | Middle High German | kochen | to cook |
| 9 | Old High German | kohhōn | to cook |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kukōną | to cook |
| 11 | Latin | coquere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 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- | — |
via Swedish a
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | a | from |
| 2 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 3 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 4 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 6 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |