Where does “pumpulikakku” come from?

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

pumpulikakku (Finnish): a soft cake made of potato flour or potato starch, often in the shape of a Bundt cake

Definitions

  1. a soft cake made of potato flour or potato starch, often in the shape of a Bundt cake

Ancestry of “pumpulikakku”, step by step

pumpulikakku 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 pumpuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpumpulicotton; lint, cotton
2Swedishbomullcotton; the textile made from the fiber harvested...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kakǭ →Every word from Finnish kakku →