English
koeksister
Koeksister comes from Dutch koek ‘cookie, cake, biscuit, wafer’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *kōkô.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kōkô‘cake’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*kuokoreconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500coeke‘cake’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentkoek‘cookie, cake, biscuit, wafer’
- Afrikaansmodernkoeksister
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kōkô‘cake’reconstructed
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150*kuokoreconstructed
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500coeke‘cake’
- Dutchc. 1500–presentkoek‘cookie, cake, biscuit, wafer’
- Afrikaansmodernkoeksister
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gag-
through Dutch koek ‘cookie, cake, biscuit, wafer’
Today it means
noun A traditional Afrikaner confection consisting of a deep-fried twisted or plaited doughnut dipped in syrup immediately after cooking.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kōkô / koeksister