Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kok

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin cocus (“a cook”).

Noun

*kok m

1. cook

Inflection

Masculine a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kok
Genitive	*kokas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kok	*kokō, *kokōs
Accusative	*kok	*kokā
Genitive	*kokas	*kokō
Dative	*kokē	*kokum
Instrumental	*koku	*kokum

Related terms

• *kokōn

Descendants

• Old English: cōc
  • Middle English: cook, cok, coke, koke, cuyke, cuke, cooke
    • English: cook
      • Sranan Tongo: kukru
      • Tok Pisin: kuk
      • → Norman: couque
      • → Portuguese: cuca
      • → Thai: กุ๊ก (gúk)
      • → Tokelauan: kuka
    • Scots: cuke, cuik
• Old Saxon: kok
  • Middle Low German: kok, kock, kôk, koyk, kack
    • German Low German: Kock
    • → Danish: kok
    • → Faroese: kokkur
    • → Icelandic: kokkur
    • → Norwegian: kok
    • → Swedish: kock
      • → Finnish: kokki
• Old Dutch: *kok
  • Middle Dutch: coc
    • Dutch: kok
      • Afrikaans: kok
      • Negerhollands: kokki, koki (from the diminutive)
      • → Caribbean Javanese: koki (from the diminutive)
      • → French: coq
      • → Indonesian: koki (from the diminutive)
        • → Petjo: koki, kokkie
      • → Malayalam: കോക്കി (kōkki) (from the diminutive)
      • → Japanese: コック (kokku)
      • → Papiamentu: kòki, kokki (from the diminutive)
      • → Russian: кок (kok)
    • Limburgish: kók
• Old High German: koh
  • Middle High German: koch, koche
    • Alemannic German: Choch
    • Bavarian: Koch
      • Cimbrian: khoch
    • Central Franconian: Koch
      • Luxembourgish: Kach
    • German: Koch