Where does “voileipäkakku” come from?
voileipäkakku (Finnish) comes from Swedish smörgåstårta, from Swedish tårta, from French tarte, from German torte, from Italian torta, from Late Latin torta, from Latin torta panis, from Latin tortus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.
voileipäkakku (Finnish): sandwich cake savory Swedish cake, smörgåstårta
Definitions
- sandwich cake savory Swedish cake, smörgåstårta
Ancestry of “voileipäkakku”, step by step
voileipäkakku traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish smörgåstårta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | smörgåstårta | a type of savoury cake, consisting of bread and layers of garnish, e.g. mayonnaise, eggs, shrimps etc |
| 2 | Swedish | tårta | a torte, a cake, a layered cake; to throw a cake... |
| 3 | French | tarte | pie, tart; slap; something easy to do |
| 4 | German | torte | inflection of torten: ## first-person singular... |
| 5 | Italian | torta | pie, tart, cake or similar; roundel; The act of... |
| 6 | Late Latin | torta | — |
| 7 | Latin | torta panis | twisted bread |
| 8 | Latin | tortus | twisted, crooked; spun, whirled; bent, distorted |
| 9 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |