Where does “Quần đảo Cook” come from?

Quần đảo Cook (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese cook, 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.

Ancestry of “Quần đảo Cook”, step by step

Quần đảo Cook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese cook

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesecook
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 Vietnamese quần đảo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesequần đảoarchipelago
2Vietnamese羣島Hán tự form of quần đảo
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃-ép-kʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pékʷeti
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