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Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kakǭ Old Norse kakabor. Middle English cake English cake From Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”) (compare Norwegian kake, Icelandic/Swedish kaka, Danish kage), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate with kaak. Perhaps related to cookie, kuchen, and quiche. Doublet of coca (pastry).

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• Abkhaz: аторт (atʼortʼ) — type of sweet dessert
• Afrikaans: koek — type of sweet dessert
• Albanian: tortë — type of sweet dessert
• Albanian: kek — type of sweet dessert
• Aleut: kiikax̂ — type of sweet dessert
• Amharic: ኬከ (kekä) — type of sweet dessert
• Antillean Creole: bonbon — type of sweet dessert
• Western Apache: báń łikane — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: كَعْكَة (kaʕka) — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: جتوه (gatō) — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: كيكة (kēka) — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: طرطه (torta) — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: كيك (kēk) — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: كيكة (kēka) — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: كيكة (kēka) — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: كيك (kēk) — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: كاتو (gātō) — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: جاتوه (gattō) — type of sweet dessert
• Arabic: كيك (kēk) — type of sweet dessert
• Aragonese: cocca — type of sweet dessert
• Armenian: տորթ (tortʻ) — type of sweet dessert
• Aromanian: keadin — type of sweet dessert
• Assamese: পিঠা (pitha) — type of sweet dessert
• Assamese: কে’ক (këk) — type of sweet dessert
• Asturian: pastel — type of sweet dessert
• Azerbaijani: tort — type of sweet dessert
• Azerbaijani: keks — type of sweet dessert
• Bashkir: торт (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Basque: pastela — type of sweet dessert
• Belarusian: торт (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Belarusian: піро́жнае (piróžnaje) — type of sweet dessert
• Bengali: পিঠা (piṭha) — type of sweet dessert
• Breton: gwastell — type of sweet dessert
• Bulgarian: то́рта (tórta) — type of sweet dessert
• Burmese: ကိတ်မုန့် (kitmun.) — type of sweet dessert
• Carpathian Rusyn: торта (torta) — type of sweet dessert
• Carpathian Rusyn: бухта (buxta) — type of sweet dessert
• Carpathian Rusyn: колач (kolač) — type of sweet dessert
• Catalan: pastís — type of sweet dessert
• Cebuano: keyk — type of sweet dessert
• Chechen: мерза хьокхум (merza ḥroqum) — type of sweet dessert
• Cherokee: ᎦᏚ ᎤᎦᎾᏍᏓ (gadu uganasda) — type of sweet dessert
• Cheyenne: vé'keahonoo'o — type of sweet dessert
• Chinese Cantonese: 蛋糕 (daan6 gou1) — type of sweet dessert
• Chinese Cantonese: 𠽤 (kik1) — type of sweet dessert
• Chinese: 雞卵糕 /鸡卵糕 (zh-min-nan) — type of sweet dessert
• Chinese Mandarin: 蛋糕 (dàngāo) — type of sweet dessert
• West Circassian: торт (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Cornish: tesen — type of sweet dessert
• Cornish: kaken — type of sweet dessert
• Cornish: gwastel — type of sweet dessert
• Corsican: pastadolce — type of sweet dessert
• Czech: dort — type of sweet dessert
• Danish: kage — type of sweet dessert
• Danish: lagkage — type of sweet dessert
• Dongxiang: dangao — type of sweet dessert
• Dutch: taart — type of sweet dessert
• Dutch: cake — type of sweet dessert
• Dutch: gebak — type of sweet dessert
• Dutch: koek — type of sweet dessert
• Esperanto: kuko — type of sweet dessert
• Estonian: kook — type of sweet dessert
• Faroese: køka — type of sweet dessert
• Faroese: kaka — type of sweet dessert
• Fijian: keke — type of sweet dessert
• Finnish: kakku — type of sweet dessert
• French: gâteau — type of sweet dessert
• French: pâtisserie — type of sweet dessert
• Friulian: torte — type of sweet dessert
• Friulian: colaç — type of sweet dessert
• Galician: pastel — type of sweet dessert
• Georgian: ტორტი (ṭorṭi) — type of sweet dessert
• Georgian: ნამცხვარი (namcxvari) — type of sweet dessert
• German: Kuchen — type of sweet dessert
• German: Torte — type of sweet dessert
• German: Chueche — type of sweet dessert
• Greek: τούρτα (toúrta) — type of sweet dessert
• Greek: κέικ (kéik) — type of sweet dessert
• Ancient Greek: πέμμα (pémma) — type of sweet dessert
• Gujarati: કેક (kek) — type of sweet dessert
• Hebrew: עוּגָה (ugá) — type of sweet dessert
• Hindi: केक (kek) — type of sweet dessert
• Hungarian: torta — type of sweet dessert
• Hungarian: sütemény — type of sweet dessert
• Hungarian: tészta — type of sweet dessert
• Icelandic: kaka — type of sweet dessert
• Ido: kuko — type of sweet dessert
• Indonesian: kue — type of sweet dessert
• Interlingua: torta — type of sweet dessert
• Irish: císte — type of sweet dessert
• Irish: cáca milis — type of sweet dessert
• Italian: torta — type of sweet dessert
• Italian: pasticcino — type of sweet dessert
• Italian: dolce — type of sweet dessert
• Japanese: ケーキ (kēki) — type of sweet dessert
• Japanese: お菓子 (okashi) — type of sweet dessert
• Kannada: ಕೇಕ್ (kēk) — type of sweet dessert
• Kazakh: торт (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Kazakh: тәтті нан (tättı nan) — type of sweet dessert
• Kazakh: балкүлше (balkülşe) — type of sweet dessert
• Khmer: នំបារាំង (num baarang) — type of sweet dessert
• Khmer: នំ (num) — type of sweet dessert
• Korean: 과자 (gwaja) — type of sweet dessert
• Korean: 케이크 (keikeu) — type of sweet dessert
• Central Kurdish: کێک (kêk) — type of sweet dessert
• Kyrgyz: торт (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Kyrgyz: пирожное (pirojnoye) — type of sweet dessert
• Lao: ເຄັກ (khek) — type of sweet dessert
• Lao: ຂະຫນົມເຄັກ (kha nom khek) — type of sweet dessert
• Latin: placenta — type of sweet dessert
• Latin: lībum — type of sweet dessert
• Latin: mustāceus — type of sweet dessert
• Latvian: kūka — type of sweet dessert
• Latvian: torte — type of sweet dessert
• Lithuanian: pyragaitis — type of sweet dessert
• Lithuanian: pyragas — type of sweet dessert
• Lithuanian: tortas — type of sweet dessert
• Luhya: ekeki — type of sweet dessert
• Luxembourgish: Kuch — type of sweet dessert
• Macedonian: торта (torta) — type of sweet dessert
• Macedonian: колач (kolač) — type of sweet dessert
• Malagasy: mofomamy — type of sweet dessert
• Malay: kek — type of sweet dessert
• Malayalam: കേക്ക് (kēkkŭ) — type of sweet dessert
• Maltese: kejk — type of sweet dessert
• Māori: keke — type of sweet dessert
• Mapudungun: kochü kofke — type of sweet dessert
• Marathi: केक (kek) — type of sweet dessert
• Mauritian Creole: gato — type of sweet dessert
• Mirandese: bolho — type of sweet dessert
• Mongolian: бялуу (bjaluu) — type of sweet dessert
• Mongolian: торт (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Mongolian: кекс (keks) — type of sweet dessert
• Mongolian: боорцог (boorcog) — type of sweet dessert
• Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠯᠠᠭᠤ (bilaɣu) — type of sweet dessert
• Mongolian: ᠲᠣᠣᠷᠲᠣ (toorto) — type of sweet dessert
• Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠭᠣᠷᠰᠣᠭ (boɣorsoɣ) — type of sweet dessert
• Classical Nahuatl: tlaxcalli — type of sweet dessert
• Nauruan: keik — type of sweet dessert
• Navajo: bááh łikaní — type of sweet dessert
• Navajo: masdéél — type of sweet dessert
• Navajo: basdéél — type of sweet dessert
• Norwegian Bokmål: kake — type of sweet dessert
• Occitan: còca — type of sweet dessert
• Odia: କେକ୍ (kek) — type of sweet dessert
• Odia: ପିଠା (piṭhā) — type of sweet dessert
• Old Norse: kaka — type of sweet dessert
• Old Prussian: lugis — type of sweet dessert
• Pashto: کېک (kek) — type of sweet dessert
• Dari: کیک (kēk) — type of sweet dessert
• Iranian Persian: کِیک (keyk) — type of sweet dessert
• Iranian Persian: کوکِه (kuke) — type of sweet dessert
• Polish: ciasto — type of sweet dessert
• Polish: ciastko — type of sweet dessert
• Polish: tort — type of sweet dessert
• Polish: ciasteczko — type of sweet dessert
• Portuguese: bolo — type of sweet dessert
• Punjabi: ਕੇਕ (kek) — type of sweet dessert
• Quechua: peqachu — type of sweet dessert
• Romanian: tort — type of sweet dessert
• Romanian: prăjitură — type of sweet dessert
• Romanian: turtă — type of sweet dessert
• Romansh: petta — type of sweet dessert
• Romansh: peta — type of sweet dessert
• Romansh: turta — type of sweet dessert
• Romansh: tuorta — type of sweet dessert
• Russian: торт (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Russian: пиро́жное (piróžnoje) — type of sweet dessert
• Russian: кекс (keks) — type of sweet dessert
• Northern Sami: gáhkku — type of sweet dessert
• Scottish Gaelic: breacag — type of sweet dessert
• Scottish Gaelic: aran milis — type of sweet dessert
• Scottish Gaelic: bonnach — type of sweet dessert
• Scottish Gaelic: bannag — type of sweet dessert
• Scottish Gaelic: cèic — type of sweet dessert
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ла̄ч — type of sweet dessert
• Serbo-Croatian: kòlāč — type of sweet dessert
• Sinhalese: කේක් (kēk) — type of sweet dessert
• Slovak: torta — type of sweet dessert
• Slovak: koláč — type of sweet dessert
• Slovene: torta — type of sweet dessert
• Slovene: koláč — type of sweet dessert
• Lower Sorbian: tykańc — type of sweet dessert
• Lower Sorbian: mazańc — type of sweet dessert
• Upper Sorbian: tykanc — type of sweet dessert
• Upper Sorbian: wosuch — type of sweet dessert
• Spanish: bizcocho — type of sweet dessert
• Spanish: cake — type of sweet dessert
• Spanish: pastel — type of sweet dessert
• Spanish: ponqué — type of sweet dessert
• Spanish: pudín — type of sweet dessert
• Spanish: queque — type of sweet dessert
• Spanish: tarta — type of sweet dessert
• Spanish: torta — type of sweet dessert
• Spanish: queik — type of sweet dessert
• Sranan Tongo: kuku — type of sweet dessert
• Swahili: keki — type of sweet dessert
• Swedish: tårta — type of sweet dessert
• Swedish: kaka — type of sweet dessert
• Tagalog: keyk — type of sweet dessert
• Tajik: кекс (keks) — type of sweet dessert
• Tajik: торт (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Tajik: пирожное (pirožnoye) — type of sweet dessert
• Tajik: пирожнӣ (pirožni) — type of sweet dessert
• Tamil: கேக் (kēk) — type of sweet dessert
• Taos: kèkeʼéna — type of sweet dessert
• Tatar: кекс (keks) — type of sweet dessert
• Tatar: торт (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Telugu: కేక్ (kēk) — type of sweet dessert
• Thai: เค้ก (kéek) — type of sweet dessert
• Turkish: kek — type of sweet dessert
• Turkmen: tort — type of sweet dessert
• Turkmen: pirog — type of sweet dessert
• Ukrainian: торт (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Ukrainian: ті́стечко (tístečko) — type of sweet dessert
• Ukrainian: кекс (keks) — type of sweet dessert
• Ukrainian: пиро́жне (pyróžne) — type of sweet dessert
• Urdu: کیک (kek) — type of sweet dessert
• Uyghur: تورت (tort) — type of sweet dessert
• Uzbek: tort — type of sweet dessert
• Uzbek: kunjara — type of sweet dessert
• Uzbek: keks — type of sweet dessert
• Uzbek: pirojniy — type of sweet dessert
• Vietnamese: bánh — type of sweet dessert
• Vietnamese: bánh ngọt — type of sweet dessert
• Vietnamese: bánh ga tô — type of sweet dessert
• Vietnamese: bánh kem — type of sweet dessert
• Volapük: kek — type of sweet dessert
• Walloon: wastea — type of sweet dessert
• Welsh: teisen — type of sweet dessert
• Welsh: cacen — type of sweet dessert
• Yiddish: קוכן (kukhn) — type of sweet dessert
• Finnish: keksi — small mass of baked dough
• Irish: cáca — small mass of baked dough
• Māori: keke — small mass of baked dough
• Slovak: koláč — small mass of baked dough
• Swedish: kaka — small mass of baked dough
• Finnish: pannukakku — thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter
• Finnish: lätty — thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter
• Finnish: keksi — thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter
• Irish: cáca — thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter
• Russian: блин (blin) — thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter
• Russian: лепёшка (lepjóška) — thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter
• Slovak: palacinka — thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter
• Bulgarian: калъ́п (kalǎ́p) — block of dense material
• Chinese Mandarin: 塊狀物 /块状物 (kuài zhuàng wù) — block of dense material
• Czech: deska — block of dense material
• Czech: blok — block of dense material
• Danish: stykke — block of dense material
• Dutch: stuk — block of dense material
• Dutch: blok — block of dense material
• Esperanto: briko — block of dense material
• Finnish: kakku — block of dense material
• Finnish: kimpale — block of dense material
• Finnish: pala — block of dense material
• German: Stück — block of dense material
• Hungarian: darab — block of dense material
• Hungarian: tábla — block of dense material
• Icelandic: stykki — block of dense material
• Irish: bloc — block of dense material
• Manx: block — block of dense material
• Māori: pēpē — block of dense material
• Norwegian: stykke — block of dense material
• Portuguese: sabonete — block of dense material
• Romanian: bucată — block of dense material
• Russian: пли́тка (plítka) — block of dense material
• Russian: лепёшка (lepjóška) — block of dense material
• Russian: кусо́к (kusók) — block of dense material
• Slovak: blok — block of dense material
• Swedish: kaka — block of dense material
• French: batterie d'artifice — multi-shot fireworks assembly
• French: batterie de feu d'artifice — multi-shot fireworks assembly
• German: Feuerwerksbatterie — multi-shot fireworks assembly
• Bulgarian: спичам се (spičam se) — to coat with a crust
• Bulgarian: втвърдявам се (vtvǎrdjavam se) — to coat with a crust
• Dutch: bedekken — to coat with a crust
• Dutch: vastkoeken — to coat with a crust
• Finnish: kuorruttaa — to coat with a crust
• German: verkrusten — to coat with a crust
• Hungarian: rászárad — to coat with a crust
• Hungarian: bevon — to coat with a crust
• Macedonian: закоравен (zakoraven) — to coat with a crust
• Spanish: incrustar — to coat with a crust
• Finnish: paakkuuntua — to form into a cake or mass
• Finnish: paakkuunnuttaa — to form into a cake or mass
• Hungarian: megkövül — to form into a cake or mass
• Hungarian: megkeményedik — to form into a cake or mass
• Hungarian: összeáll — to form into a cake or mass
• Hungarian: megszárad — to form into a cake or mass
• Hungarian: megalvad — to form into a cake or mass
• Czech: ztuhnout — to dry out and become hard
• Czech: tuhnout — to dry out and become hard
• Czech: zaschnout — to dry out and become hard
• Czech: vytvořit škraloup — to dry out and become hard
• Czech: tvořit škraloup — to dry out and become hard
• Irish: calc — to dry out and become hard