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koke · Middle Dutch
noun · Middle Dutch
Reading: Historical reading not established
Cake; a form in the Dutch cake family.. Cake; a form in the Dutch cake family.
No secure word-specific lexical date — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for koke (Middle Dutch) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. A contextual period, object history or institutional date is not substituted for a lexical witness.
Dutch reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The entry gives Middle Dutch koke as the source family for Dutch koek “cake.” cookie — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
Dutch koekje “little cake” is the reported source of the North American English sweet-cake use. cookie — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for Dutch. LanguageTable row dutc1256; Name, Latitude, Longitude
koekje · Dutch
noun · Dutch
Reading: Historical reading not established
A little cake.. A little cake.
No secure word-specific lexical date — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for koekje (Dutch) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. A contextual period, object history or institutional date is not substituted for a lexical witness.
Dutch reference region — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
The entry gives Middle Dutch koke as the source family for Dutch koek “cake.” cookie — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
Dutch koekje “little cake” is the reported source of the North American English sweet-cake use. cookie — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
North American English cookie is dated to 1808 in the small sweet cake sense. cookie — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for Dutch. LanguageTable row dutc1256; Name, Latitude, Longitude
cookie · English
noun · English
Reading: KOOK-ee
A small, flat, sweet cake.. A small, flat, sweet cake.
c. 1808 · North American English cookie — Reported first-use context; not necessarily the date of coinage or transmission.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
Dutch koekje “little cake” is the reported source of the North American English sweet-cake use. cookie — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
North American English cookie is dated to 1808 in the small sweet cake sense. cookie — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
MDN defines a web/browser cookie as small data sent by a server to a browser and returned to preserve state in otherwise stateless HTTP. Using HTTP cookies — browser state definition · selected etymology and sense sections
The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for cookie. Batch 05 reading inspection for cookie
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for English / Britain. LanguageTable row stan1293; Name, Latitude, Longitude
cookie · English
noun · English
Reading: KOOK-ee
A small item of browser data sent by a server and returned with later requests.. A small item of browser data sent by a server and returned with later requests.
No secure word-specific lexical date — Batch 05 inspected the retained lexical evidence for cookie (English) and did not find a stronger field-specific witness. A contextual period, object history or institutional date is not substituted for a lexical witness.
English reference region / Britain — Glottolog language reference point; not an origin, borrowing site or territorial boundary.
North American English cookie is dated to 1808 in the small sweet cake sense. cookie — selected etymology and sense sections · selected etymology and sense sections
MDN defines a web/browser cookie as small data sent by a server to a browser and returned to preserve state in otherwise stateless HTTP. Using HTTP cookies — browser state definition · selected etymology and sense sections
The inspected entry supports the retained conventional reading for cookie. Batch 05 reading inspection for cookie
Glottolog supplies a reference coordinate for English / Britain. LanguageTable row stan1293; Name, Latitude, Longitude