Where does “kakku” come from?

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

kakku (Finnish): cake; pie; honeycomb

Definitions

  1. cake; pie; honeycomb

Ancestry of “kakku”, step by step

kakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic kakǭ

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

via Proto-Norse kakō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Norsekakō—

Words derived from “kakku”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kakǭ →
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