Where does “savikakku” come from?

savikakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish savi, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

savikakku (Finnish): mass of clay shaped in the form of a pie, similar to mud pie

Definitions

  1. mass of clay shaped in the form of a pie, similar to mud pie

Ancestry of “savikakku”, step by step

savikakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish savi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaviclay
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →