The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gog-“ball-shaped object”
- Proto-Germanic · derived from*kōkô
- Old High German · derived fromkuocho
- Middle High German · derived fromkuoche
- Rhine Franconian · derived fromKüeche“cake”
- French · borrowed fromquiche
- English todayquiche
Borrowed from French quiche, from Lorraine Rhine Franconian Küeche (“cake”), from Middle High German kuoche (German Kuchen, English kuchen), from Old High German kuocho, kuohho, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (English cookie), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”), whence also English cake (via Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”)). Compare Persian کوکو (kuku, “quiche”). More at cake. The sexually alluring sense originates from the 2013 Australian TV sitcom Ja'mie: Private School Girl, where it is defined as "a step above hot".
Words from the same roots
Proto-Germanic*kōkô all →
Cockaigne
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.