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Where does “שאָטלאַנד” come from?

שאָטלאַנד (Yiddish) comes from German Schottland, from German Schotte, from Italian scotto, from Latin excoctus, from Latin excoquō, from Latin coquō, from English Cook, from German kochen — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “שאָטלאַנד”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSchottland—
2GermanSchotteScot, Scotsman
3Italianscottoovercooked, overdone; The amount to pay for a...
4Latinexcoctusboiled
5Latinexcoquō—
6Latincoquō—
7EnglishCook—
8Germankochento cook, to prepare food; to boil; to be stirred...
9Middle High Germankochento cook
10Old High Germankohhōnto cook
11Proto-Germanickukōnąto cook
12Proto-Germanickukazcook
13LatincoquusA cook; person who makes food
14Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
15Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
16Proto-Italic-os—
17Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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