Where does “maapähkinäkakku” come from?

maapähkinäkakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish maapähkinä, from Swedish jordnöt, from Swedish nöt, from Old Swedish nut, from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

maapähkinäkakku (Finnish): peanut cake

Definitions

  1. peanut cake

Ancestry of “maapähkinäkakku”, step by step

maapähkinäkakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maapähkinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaapähkinäpeanut, groundnut
2Swedishjordnötpeanut
3Swedishnötnut, a hard-shelled seed; a difficult problem;...
4Old Swedishnutnut
5Old Norsehnotnut
6Proto-Germanichnutsnut
7Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
8Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Finnish kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →