Where does “vuokakakku” come from?

vuokakakku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kakku, from Proto-Germanic kakǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gōg- — round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump.

vuokakakku (Finnish): a cake baked in a cake tin

Definitions

  1. a cake baked in a cake tin

Ancestry of “vuokakakku”, step by step

vuokakakku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kakku

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

via Finnish vuoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuokacasserole; casserole, usually with a modifier...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gōg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kakǭ →Every word from Finnish kakku →