Where does “kockmössa” come from?
kockmössa (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.
kockmössa (Swedish): a chef's hat, a toque
Definitions
- a chef's hat, a toque
Ancestry of “kockmössa”, step by step
kockmössa 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 mossa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mossa | a moss |
| 2 | Dutch | muts | tuque (knitted winter cap), a type of brimless hat; a similar soft (nearly) brimless hat |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | mutse | cap, nightcap; mutch |
| 4 | Latin | modius | modius, a unit of dry measure of about a peck or... |
| 5 | Latin | modus | measure |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |