Where does “Marmorkuchen” come from?

Marmorkuchen (German) comes from German küchen, from Middle High German kuoche, from Old High German kuocho, from Proto-Germanic kōkô, from Proto-Indo-European gōg- — round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump.

Marmorkuchen (German): marble cake

Definitions

  1. marble cake

Ancestry of “Marmorkuchen”, step by step

Marmorkuchen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German küchen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanküchenpie; cake; tart foodstuff made of baked dough, other than bread
2Middle High Germankuoche—
3Old High GermankuochoAlternative spelling of kuohho; cake
4Proto-Germanickōkôcake
5Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump

via German Marmor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanMarmormarble
2Latinmarmora block or piece of marble; pulverized marble,...
3Ancient Greekμάρμαροςcrystalline rock; marble
4Indo-European*mer-—

Words derived from “Marmorkuchen”

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