Where does “kakkutikkari” come from?
kakkutikkari (Finnish) comes from Finnish tikkari, from Finnish tikkukaramelli, from Finnish karamelli, from Swedish karamell, from German Karamell, from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
kakkutikkari (Finnish): cake pop
Definitions
- cake pop
Ancestry of “kakkutikkari”, step by step
kakkutikkari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tikkari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tikkari | lollipop |
| 2 | Finnish | tikkukaramelli | A lollipop |
| 3 | Finnish | karamelli | sweet, candy; caramel |
| 4 | Swedish | karamell | sweet, caramel; confection made of melted and... |
| 5 | German | Karamell | caramel |
| 6 | French | caramel | caramel, fudge |
| 7 | Spanish | caramelo | candy; caramel |
| 8 | Portuguese | caramelo | caramel; candy made of caramel; any candy |
| 9 | Latin | calamellus | A little reed or pen |
| 10 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 11 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |