Where does “sifonkikakku” come from?
sifonkikakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish sifonki, from Swedish chiffong, from French chiffon, from French chiffe, from Middle French chiffe, from Old French chipe, from Middle English chip, from Old English ċipp — to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;...
sifonkikakku (Finnish): chiffon cake
Definitions
- chiffon cake
Ancestry of “sifonkikakku”, step by step
sifonkikakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sifonki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sifonki | chiffon |
| 2 | Swedish | chiffong | — |
| 3 | French | chiffon | rag; scrap |
| 4 | French | chiffe | rag; drip |
| 5 | Middle French | chiffe | cloth, old rag |
| 6 | Old French | chipe | rag; bit, scrap |
| 7 | Middle English | chip | fragment, worthless thing; chip, shard, fragment |
| 8 | Old English | ċipp | chip; small piece of wood; chip, splinter,... |
| 9 | Old English | ċippian | to cut; hew |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kipp- | to chop; split; to cut; carve; hack; chop |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵey- | to split; divide; germinate; sprout; to split;... |