coken

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kokon, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn.

Verb

cōken

1. to cook
2. to boil

Inflection

Conjugation of cōken (weak)

infinitive	base form	cōken
	genitive	cōkens
	dative	cōkene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		cōke	—		cōke	—
2nd person singular		cōocs, cōkes	—		cōocs, cōkes	—
3rd person singular		cōoct, cōket	—		cōke	—
1st person plural		cōken	—		cōken	—
2nd person plural		cōoct, cōket	—		cōoct, cōket	—
3rd person plural		cōken	—		cōken	—
		imperative
singular		cōoc, cōke
plural		cōoct, cōket
		present	past
participle		cōkende	—

Descendants

• Dutch: koken
  • Afrikaans: kook
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: koki
  • Jersey Dutch: kôke
  • Negerhollands: kook, kok, kuk
  • → Saramaccan: akòkí
• Limburgish: kaoke

Further reading

• “coken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “coken (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I