Where does “keksipaketti” come from?
keksipaketti (Finnish) comes from Finnish paketti, from Swedish paket, from French paquet, from Middle French paquet, from Middle Dutch pac, from Old Dutch pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.
keksipaketti (Finnish): box or package of cookies or biscuits
Definitions
- box or package of cookies or biscuits
Ancestry of “keksipaketti”, step by step
keksipaketti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paketti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paketti | package; parcel; packet |
| 2 | Swedish | paket | a package, a parcel, a packet, a wrapped gift |
| 3 | French | paquet | packet; pack; parcel |
| 4 | Middle French | paquet | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | pac | — |
| 6 | Old Dutch | pakko | — |
| 7 | Frankish | pakkō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | pakkô | bundle; pack; package |
via Finnish keksi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keksi | cookie; biscuit, cracker; pike pole used in log... |
| 2 | Swedish | kex | cookie, cracker, biscuit |
| 3 | English | cakes | plural of cake; Third-person singular simple... |
| 4 | English | cake | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of... |
| 5 | Middle English | cake | cake; A cake prepared to cure disease or illness;... |
| 6 | Old Norse | kaka | cake |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kakǭ | cake |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gōg- | round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump |