Where does “marenkikakku” come from?

marenkikakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish marenki, from Swedish maräng, from French meringue, from Dutch meringue.

marenkikakku (Finnish): meringue cake

Definitions

  1. meringue cake

Ancestry of “marenkikakku”, step by step

marenkikakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish marenki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmarenkimeringue
2Swedishmarängmeringue
3Frenchmeringuemeringue; first-person singular present...
4Dutchmeringue—

via Finnish kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from Dutch meringue →Every word from French meringue →Every word from Swedish maräng →