Where does “cwibak” come from?
cwibak (Polish) comes from German Zwieback, from Italian biscotto, from Latin biscoctus, from Latin cōctus, from Latin coactus, from Latin cōgō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum — resin, gum; to say, speak.
cwibak (Polish): sponge cake with dried fruit and nuts which is baked twice, similar to fruitcake
Definitions
- sponge cake with dried fruit and nuts which is baked twice, similar to fruitcake
Ancestry of “cwibak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Zwieback | zwieback (toasted sweetened bread) |
| 2 | Italian | biscotto | biscuit, cookie; tactical play between two people... |
| 3 | Latin | biscoctus | bread, loaf; hardtack |
| 4 | Latin | cōctus | cooked, having been cooked |
| 5 | Latin | coactus | forced, compelled, having been forced; urged,... |
| 6 | Latin | cōgō | to collect, assemble, gather together |
| 7 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 8 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 9 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |