Where does “Keksteig” come from?
Keksteig (German) comes from German Keks, from English cakes, from English cake, from Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic kakǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gōg- — round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump.
Keksteig (German): cookie dough
Definitions
- cookie dough
Ancestry of “Keksteig”, step by step
Keksteig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Keks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Keks | cookie US, biscuit UK |
| 2 | English | cakes | plural of cake; Third-person singular simple... |
| 3 | English | cake | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of... |
| 4 | Middle English | cake | cake; A cake prepared to cure disease or illness;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | kaka | cake |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kakǭ | cake |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gōg- | round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump |
via German teig
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | teig | dough, paste, pastry, batter soft, at least partially cohesive mixture of [[ingredient |
| 2 | Middle High German | teic | — |
| 3 | Old High German | teig | dough, pastry |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | daigaz | soft; that which is formed or kneaded; dough |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *dʰóyǵʰos | something that is kneaded, formed |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeyǵʰ- | to knead; to form, to shape |