Where does “sjokoladekake” come from?
sjokoladekake (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kake, from Danish kage, from Old Danish kakæ, from Old Norse kaka, from Proto-Germanic kakǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gōg- — round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump.
sjokoladekake (Norwegian Bokmål): a chocolate cake
Definitions
- a chocolate cake
Ancestry of “sjokoladekake”, step by step
sjokoladekake traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål kake
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kake | a cake |
| 2 | Danish | kage | cake |
| 3 | Old Danish | kakæ | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | kaka | cake |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kakǭ | cake |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gōg- | round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump |
via Norwegian Bokmål sjokolade
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | sjokolade | chocolate, chocolate bar |
| 2 | German | Schokolade | chocolate; cocoa drink |
| 3 | French | chocolat | chocolate; chocolate-coloured; deceived; tricked;... |
| 4 | Spanish | chocolate | chocolate; hot chocolate; hashish |
| 5 | 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) |
| 6 | Nahuatl | chicolātl | — |