Where does “bostonkakku” come from?

bostonkakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kakku, from Proto-Germanic kakǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gōg- — round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump.

bostonkakku (Finnish): A type of cake popular in Finland and...

Definitions

  1. A type of cake popular in Finland and...

Ancestry of “bostonkakku”, step by step

bostonkakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump

via Finnish Boston

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBoston—
2EnglishBostonIn the card game spades, a bid of all 13 tricks;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kakǭ →Every word from Finnish kakku →