Etymology

cakelike

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Today it means: Resembling a cake in appearance or texture. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English cake
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*kakǭ
  2. Old Norsekaka
  3. Middle Englishcake
  4. Englishcake
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  6. Proto-Germanic*līką
  7. English todaycakelike

From cake + -like.

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