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==Etymology==

The word ''cookie'' dates from at least 1701 in Scottish usage where the word meant "plain bun", rather than thin baked good, and so it is not certain whether it is the same word. From 1808, the word "cookie" is attested "...in the sense of "small, flat, sweet cake" in [[American English]]. The American use is derived from [[Dutch language|Dutch]] {{lang|nl|koekje}} "little cake",  which is a diminutive of "{{lang|nl|koek}}" ("cake"), which came from the [[Middle Dutch]] word "{{lang|dum|koke}}"<ref name="etymonline">{{cite web |url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/cookie |title=cookie (n.) |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=etymonline.com |publisher=Online Etymology Dictionary |access-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901174010/https://www.etymonline.com/word/cookie |archive-date=1 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> with an informal, dialect variant {{lang|nl|koekie}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/dialect-vertaler.php?woord=koekie|title=7 vertalingen voor het dialectwoord 'koekie'|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907165444/http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/dialect-vertaler.php?woord=koekie|archive-date=2014-09-07}}</ref> According to the [[Scottish National Dictionary]], its Scottish name may derive from the [[diminutive form]] (+ suffix ''-ie'') of the word ''cook'', giving the [[Middle Scots]] ''cookie'', ''cooky'' or ''cu(c)kie''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cookie, Cooky, Cu(c)kie, n. |url=https://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/cookie |access-date=2023-08-04 |website=Dictionary of the Scots Language}}</ref> There was much trade and cultural contact across the [[North Sea]] between the [[Low Countries]] and Scotland during the [[Middle Ages]], which can also be seen in the [[history of curling]] and, perhaps, [[History of golf|golf]].{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}