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English word cake comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-, Proto-Indo-European *gōg-, Proto-Indo-European *gog, and later Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (Cake.)
*ǵyewh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)
*gōg- (Proto-Indo-European)
round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump
*gog (Proto-Indo-European)
ball-shaped object
*kakǭ (Proto-Germanic)
Cake.
kaka (Old Norse)
Cake.
cake (Middle English)
cake (English)
(slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.. (slang) Money.. A block of any of various dense materials.. A 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 [...]