Where does “suklaakakku” come from?
suklaakakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish suklaa, from Swedish choklad, from French chocolat, from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, from Nahuatl chicolātl.
suklaakakku (Finnish): chocolate cake
Definitions
- chocolate cake
Ancestry of “suklaakakku”, step by step
suklaakakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suklaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suklaa | chocolate |
| 2 | Swedish | choklad | chocolate |
| 3 | French | chocolat | chocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;... |
| 4 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 5 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 6 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |