Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/kakǭ

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gag-, *gōg- (“round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.kɔ̃ː/

Noun

*kakǭ f

cake

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *kakǭ (ōn-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*kakǭ	*kakōniz
vocative	*kakǭ	*kakōniz
accusative	*kakōnų	*kakōnunz
genitive	*kakōniz	*kakōnǫ̂
dative	*kakōni	*kakōmaz
instrumental	*kakōnē	*kakōmiz

Derived terms

*kakilaz

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: ceace; *cieċil, cyċel, ciċel (< *kakilaz)
Old Saxon: *kaka, *koka
- Middle Low German: koke
  - Low German: koke
Old Dutch: coca
Old Norse: kaka
- Icelandic: kaka
- Faroese: køka, kaka
- Norwegian: kake
- Westrobothnian: kaku, kǫku
- Old Swedish: kaka
  - Swedish: kaka
- Old Danish: kakæ
  - Danish: kage
    - → Greenlandic: kaagi
- Scanian: kâga
- Gutnish: kake
- → Middle English: cake, kake
  - Scots: kake, cake, caik
  - English: cake
    - → Dutch: kaak, cake (also keek, older also kaaks, keeks)
    - → Faroese: keks
    - → German: Keks
      - → Serbo-Croatian: kȅks, ке̏кс
    - → Icelandic: kex
    - → Japanese: ケーキ (kēki)
    - → Korean: 케이크 (keikeu)
    - → Norwegian: kjeks
    - → Swedish: kex
      - → Finnish: keksi
    - → Irish: cáca
    - → Fiji Hindi: kek
- → Estonian: kakk (from Proto-Norse)
- → Finnish: kakku

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