Where does “rapsikakku” come from?

rapsikakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish rapsi, from Swedish raps, from German Raps, from Latin rāpa, from Latin rāpum, from Proto-Indo-European rap-.

rapsikakku (Finnish): rapeseed cake

Definitions

  1. rapeseed cake

Ancestry of “rapsikakku”, step by step

rapsikakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrapsirapeseed; Third-person singular indicative past...
2Swedishrapsrapeseed
3GermanRapsrapeseed; plural of Rap
4Latinrāpa—
5Latinrāpumturnip
6Proto-Indo-Europeanrap-—

via Finnish kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from Proto-Indo-European rap- →Every word from Latin rāpum →Every word from Latin rāpa →