Where does “koksalt” come from?
koksalt (Swedish) comes from Swedish koka, from Middle Low German koken, from Old Saxon kokōn, from Latin cocō, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
koksalt (Swedish): common salt (as used in cooking, for example), sodium chloride (NaCl)
Definitions
- common salt (as used in cooking, for example), sodium chloride (NaCl)
Ancestry of “koksalt”, step by step
koksalt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish koka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | koka | to boil; to turn from liquid into gas by creating... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | koken | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | kokōn | — |
| 4 | Latin | cocō | attested from the third century CE |
| 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 | Proto-Germanic | kukaz | cook |
| 12 | Latin | coquus | A cook; person who makes food |
| 13 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 14 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |