koek

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Dutch word koek comes from Proto-Indo-European *gōg-, Proto-Indo-European *gog, and later Proto-Germanic *kōkô (Cake.)

*gōg- (Proto-Indo-European)

round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump

*gog (Proto-Indo-European)

ball-shaped object

*kōkô (Proto-Germanic)

Cake.

*kōko (Old Dutch)

*kuoko (Old Dutch)

coeke (Middle Dutch)

Cake.

koek (Dutch)

(by extension) something doughy or sticky. (heraldiccharge) roundel. Cookie, cake, wafer.

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