Where does “Schokoladekeks” come from?
Schokoladekeks (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.
Schokoladekeks (German): chocolate cookie, chocolate biscuit
Definitions
- chocolate cookie, chocolate biscuit
Ancestry of “Schokoladekeks”, step by step
Schokoladekeks 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 Schokolade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Schokolade | chocolate; cocoa drink |
| 2 | French | chocolat | chocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;... |
| 3 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 4 | Classical Nahuatl | chocolātl | A drink with pulverized toasted cacao beans and water, described as cold and foamy. Sometimes fermented and sometimes as a thick drink. It can include a variety of additional ingredients (chili, bee honey, pochotl seeds, pulverized maize corn, vanilla seeds, and many others) |
| 5 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |