Where does “haus kuk” come from?

haus kuk (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin kuk, from English Cook, from German kochen, from Middle High German kochen, from Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-Germanic kukōną, from Proto-Germanic kukaz, from Latin coquus.

haus kuk (Tok Pisin): kitchen

Definitions

  1. kitchen

Ancestry of “haus kuk”, step by step

haus kuk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin kuk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinkukcook
2EnglishCookA placename
3Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
4Middle High Germankochento cook
5Old High Germankohhōnto cook
6Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
7Proto-Germanickukazcook
8LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
9Latincoquōto cook; prepare food
10Latinquoquoablative masculine singular of quisquis; ablative...
11Proto-Italickʷekʷōto cook
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpékʷetito be cooking; to ripen
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpekʷ-to cook; to ripen
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃-ép-kʷ-

via Tok Pisin haus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinhaushouse; building
2EnglishHouseA particular chamber of political representation
3Middle Englishhoushouse, residence; house of worship, temple;...
4Old Englishhūsdwelling, shelter, house; house
5Proto-West Germanichūshouse
6Proto-Germanichūsąhouse
7Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti