Where does “välipalakakku” come from?

välipalakakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish välipala, from Finnish pala, from Proto-Finnic pala, from Proto-Uralic pala — bit.

välipalakakku (Finnish): snack cake

Definitions

  1. snack cake

Ancestry of “välipalakakku”, step by step

välipalakakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish välipala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvälipalasnack; snack food
2Finnishpalapiece, bit; lump, chunk; block
3Proto-Finnicpalabit
4Proto-Uralicpalabit

via Finnish kakku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkakkucake; pie; honeycomb
2Proto-Germanickakǭcake
3Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
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