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