Where does “loppiaiskakku” come from?
loppiaiskakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish loppiainen, from Finnish loppea, from Proto-Finnic loppedak, from Proto-Finnic loppi.
loppiaiskakku (Finnish): king cake
Ancestry of “loppiaiskakku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | loppiainen | Epiphany |
| 2 | Finnish | loppea | to finish, complete |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | loppedak | to finish something, to reach the end of... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | loppi | — |