Where does “kekseliäisyys” come from?
kekseliäisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kekseliäs, from Finnish keksiä, from Finnish keksi, from Swedish kex, from English cakes, from English cake, from Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka — round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump.
kekseliäisyys (Finnish): inventiveness, imaginativeness
Definitions
- inventiveness, imaginativeness
Ancestry of “kekseliäisyys”, step by step
kekseliäisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kekseliäs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kekseliäs | inventive, imaginative |
| 2 | Finnish | keksiä | to invent; to make up, concoct, imagine or... |
| 3 | Finnish | keksi | cookie; biscuit, cracker; pike pole used in log... |
| 4 | Swedish | kex | cookie, cracker, biscuit |
| 5 | English | cakes | plural of cake; Third-person singular simple... |
| 6 | English | cake | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of... |
| 7 | Middle English | cake | cake; A cake prepared to cure disease or illness;... |
| 8 | Old Norse | kaka | cake |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kakǭ | cake |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gōg- | round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump |