Where does “mutakakku” come from?

mutakakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish muta, from Proto-Finnic muta, from Proto-Uralic muďa — earth.

mutakakku (Finnish): mud pie; Mississippi mud pie; kladdkaka

Definitions

  1. mud pie; Mississippi mud pie; kladdkaka

Ancestry of “mutakakku”, step by step

mutakakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutamire, mud; decaying organic matter in the bottom...
2Proto-Finnicmutamud
3Proto-Uralicmuďaearth

via Finnish kakku

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