Where does “mokkakakku” come from?

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

mokkakakku (Finnish): mocha cake

Definitions

  1. mocha cake

Ancestry of “mokkakakku”, step by step

mokkakakku 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 mokka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmokkamocha; suede
2EnglishMochaThe name originally proposed for JavaScript
3Arabicاَلْمُخَا—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kakǭ →Every word from Finnish kakku →