2006-12-15 10:44:02 · 6 answers · asked by sam9er9er 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Excellent question for a word buff.
I suggest you Google this: "cake, etymology"
Etymology is the origin or a word.
A good link I found when I tried the above search was for the Wiktionary:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cake
Have fun with words!
2006-12-15 10:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by krinkn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only reason that words have meaning is because enough people have come to the consensus that they do. No matter what the origin of the word or its evolution, if the bulk of English speakers didn't agree on the definition of the word "cake," it would be meaningless.
If the word "snardleflap" had been chosen by custom and usage to mean "that thing that's made out of flour and sugar and usually has icing on it," then you'd be served a birthday snardleflap and not a birthday cake.
2006-12-15 18:55:28 · answer #2 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would like it would have to do with layering. A cake has layers and if you say something is "caked" with something, like a car being caked with mud, the logic behind that is the automobile is layered with mud. Ergo the idea or reality of "layering". That's my guess, but don't quote me on it.
2006-12-15 18:53:40 · answer #3 · answered by 4XTrader 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you refering to the pronunciation of the word cake? "C" before "a" makes a "k" sound, and the "e" is silent.
2006-12-15 18:54:29 · answer #4 · answered by hotgirl2_22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kaka; akin to Old High German kuocho cake
cakes basic origins stretch back 1000s of years. but to simplify its the vowels =D
2006-12-15 18:55:52 · answer #5 · answered by catsi563 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
c-a-k-e
2006-12-15 18:51:46 · answer #6 · answered by morenachula06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋