English word cake comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-, Proto-Indo-European *gōg-, Proto-Indo-European *gog, and later Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (Cake.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *ǵyewh₁- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *gōg- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump |
| *gog | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | ball-shaped object |
| *kakǭ | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Cake. |
| kaka | Old Norse (non) | Cake. |
| cake | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| cake | English (eng) | (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 [...] |