Where does “tigerkaka” come from?

tigerkaka (Swedish) comes from Swedish tiger, from German Tiger, from Latin tīgris, from Ancient Greek Τίγρις, from Old Persian 𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠, from Akkadian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼, from Sumerian 𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼 — as fast as an arrow.

tigerkaka (Swedish): sockerkaka with cocoa powder (giving a striped or marbled cross-section), marble cake

Definitions

  1. sockerkaka with cocoa powder (giving a striped or marbled cross-section), marble cake

Ancestry of “tigerkaka”, step by step

tigerkaka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish tiger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtigertiger animal
2GermanTigertiger
3Latintīgristiger
4Ancient GreekΤίγριςtiger
5Old Persian𐎫𐎡𐎥𐎼𐎠Tigris
6Akkadian𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼—
7Sumerian𒀀𒇉𒈦𒄘𒃼as fast as an arrow

via Swedish kaka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkakacookie; cake
2Old Swedishkakacake
3Old Norsekakacake
4Proto-Germanickakǭcake
5Proto-Indo-Europeangōg-round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
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