Where does “jäätelökakku” come from?

jäätelökakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäätelö, from English ice cream, from English iced cream — Dated form of ice cream.

jäätelökakku (Finnish): ice cream cake

Definitions

  1. ice cream cake

Ancestry of “jäätelökakku”, step by step

jäätelökakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäätelö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäätelöice cream
2Englishice creamA dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a...
3Englishiced creamDated form of ice cream

via Finnish kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from English iced creamEvery word from English ice creamEvery word from Finnish jäätelö