Where does “Kaffeesatzkuhng” come from?

Kaffeesatzkuhng (East Central German) comes from German Kaffeesatz, from German Satz, from Middle High German saz, from Middle High German setzen, from Old High German sezzen, from Proto-West Germanic *sattjan, from Proto-Germanic satjaną, from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

Kaffeesatzkuhng (East Central German): cake made out of coffee dregs (dish in time of need, like the Second World War)

Definitions

  1. cake made out of coffee dregs (dish in time of need, like the Second World War)

Ancestry of “Kaffeesatzkuhng”, step by step

Kaffeesatzkuhng traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Kaffeesatz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKaffeesatzcoffee dregs, coffee grounds
2GermanSatzsentence; proposition, theorem; set
3Middle High Germansaz
4Middle High Germansetzento set, place down
5Old High Germansezzento make sit, set, put
6Proto-West Germanic*sattjanto set, place
7Proto-Germanicsatjanąto set, to place down
8Proto-Indo-Europeansodéyetito set, to seat, to cause to sit
9Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
10Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

via East Central German Kuhng

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1East Central GermanKuhngcake, pie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European -éyetiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European sodéyeti