Where does “lekach” come from?

lekach (English) comes from Yiddish לעקעך, from Yiddish לעקן, from Middle High German lecken, from Old High German lecchōn, from Proto-West Germanic likkōn, from Proto-Germanic lekaną, from Proto-Indo-European leg- — to leak.

lekach (English): A Jewish honey-sweetened cake, mainly associated with Rosh Hashanah

Definitions

  1. A Jewish honey-sweetened cake, mainly associated with Rosh Hashanah

Ancestry of “lekach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלעקעךa Jewish spiced honeycake, lekach
2Yiddishלעקןto lick; plural of לעק
3Middle High Germanleckenlick; to hop
4Old High Germanlecchōn—
5Proto-West Germaniclikkōnto lick
6Proto-GermaniclekanąTo leak; seep; drip
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleg-to leak
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lekaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic likkōn →