Where does “kakkukupu” come from?

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

kakkukupu (Finnish): cake saver, cake container

Definitions

  1. cake saver, cake container

Ancestry of “kakkukupu”, step by step

kakkukupu 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 kupu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkupudome; canopy; crop, craw
2Proto-Finnickupucrop, craw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kakǭ →Every word from Finnish kakku →
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