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

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 (via cook room)
      - Aukan: kukuu
    - 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