kouign-amann

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₃engʷ-“to anoint; to smear”
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂eḱ-“sharp”
3. Latin · derived fromcuneus“wedge”
4. Breton · borrowed fromkouign-amann
5. English todaykouign-amann

Borrowed from Breton kouign-amann, from kouign (“brioche; bun; cake”) (ultimately from Latin cuneus (“wedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)) + amann (“butter”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to anoint; to smear”)).

Words from the same roots