Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing. · A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough. · A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake. · A block of any various dense materials.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake English cake From Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”) (compare Norwegian kake, Icelandic/Swedish kaka, Danish kage), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate with kaak. Perhaps related to cookie, kuchen, and quiche. Doublet of coca (pastry).
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