Where does “soycake” come from?

soycake (English) comes from English soy, from French soie, from Middle French soye, from Old French soie, from Old French seie, from Latin sēta, from Latin saeta, from Proto-Italic saitā — to satiate, satisfy.

soycake (English): soybean residue after the oil has been extracted, used to feed livestock etc

Definitions

  1. soybean residue after the oil has been extracted, used to feed livestock etc

Ancestry of “soycake”, step by step

soycake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English soy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsoyA common East Asian liquid sauce, made by...
2Frenchsoiesilk; bristle; tang
3Middle Frenchsoyesilk
4Old Frenchsoiesilk
5Old Frenchseiesilk
6Latinsēta
7Latinsaetaa bristle, hair on an animal; silk
8Proto-Italicsaitā
9Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂ito-
10Proto-Indo-Europeansh₂ey-to bind, fetter
11Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂-to satiate, satisfy

via English cake

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcakeA rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of...
2Middle Englishcakecake; A cake prepared to cure disease or illness;...
3Old Norsekakacake
4Proto-Germanickakǭcake
5Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂-