Where does “kokettera” come from?
kokettera (Swedish) comes from German kokettieren, from French coqueter, from French coquet, from French coq, from Latin coquus, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen.
kokettera (Swedish): coquet, flirt in particular: to make oneself appear more interesting
Definitions
- coquet, flirt in particular: to make oneself appear more interesting
Ancestry of “kokettera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | kokettieren | to flirt; to toy; to play, to show off |
| 2 | French | coqueter | to flirt; to coquet |
| 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- | — |