Where does “mansikkakakku” come from?

mansikkakakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kakku, from Proto-Germanic kakǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gōg- — round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump.

mansikkakakku (Finnish): strawberry cake

Definitions

  1. strawberry cake

Ancestry of “mansikkakakku”, step by step

mansikkakakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump

via Finnish mansikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmansikkastrawberry
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*mancikka—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kakǭ →Every word from Finnish kakku →