LL-L "Etymology" 2005.03.31 (03) [E]

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From: Marsha Alley <marshaalley at msn.com>
Subject: Kuchen/Kutchen


To settle an argument, can someone tell me the origins of the different
spellings for this wonderful dish?  This started with the discussion of
Easter repasts.

Thanks!
Marsha in (finally) sunny Oregon

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology

Hi, Marsha, neighbor!

I'll get the ball rolling for you, assuming you are referring to cake.

_Kuchen_ is German and is pronounced like "kookhen" (guilty of makeshift
phonetics here -- oh, no!), the "kh" standing for a rasping sound in the
throat and "oo" as in "soon".  In some dialects it can mean 'cookie', but
usually it means 'cake'.  Modified, it may also mean 'pancake', mostly
_Pfannkuchen_.

It's closest relative of _Kuchen_ is the Yiddish diminutive derivation קיכל
_kikhl_, pronounced something like "keekhl".

The Old German ancestor of both the above is _chuohho_ and the Middle German
one _kuoche_, still _Kuche_ in many modern dialects.

The Dutch and Afrikaans cognates are _koek_, pronounced "kook" (with "oo" as
in "soon"), _pannekoek_ being "pancake."  Low Saxon (Northern Saxon
dialects) has _kouken_ (<Koken>), pronounced like "koken" or "kowken", with
the pancake derivation _pan-kouken_ (<Pannkoken>).  Medieval Low Saxon has
_kôke_.

I believe American "cookie" come from Dutch or Zeelandic.

Old Norse has _kaka_, as does Swedish, Norwegian _kake_ and Danish _kage_.

These words appear to be related to English "cake," from Middle English
_kake_ or _cake_.

This group of words used to be assumed related to words for "to cook," but
this has been dismissed.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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