coeke

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kuoko, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô.

Noun

coeke m

cake

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

couke
coec

Descendants

Dutch: koek
- Afrikaans: koek
  - → Sotho: kuku
- Berbice Creole Dutch: kuku
- Jersey Dutch: kuk
- → Sranan Tongo: kuku
  - → Lokono: kuku
  - → Aukan: kuku
  - → Caribbean Hindustani: kuku
  - → Caribbean Javanese: kuku
  - → Kwinti: kúku
  - → Saramaccan: kúku
- ⇒ Dutch: koekje, koekie (diminutive)
  - → English: cookie (see there for further descendants)
  - Negerhollands: koeki, kuki, kukkie
Limburgish: kook
→ Bourguignon: couque
→ French: couque
- French: cocagne
  - →? English: Cockaigne
→ Picard: couque

Further reading

Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “coeke”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

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