English

Welsh cake

From Welsh + cake.

A compound of Welsh + cake

Proto-Germanic *walhaz ‘Celt’

Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz ‘Celt’

Proto-West Germanic *walhisk ‘foreign’

Old English wǣlisċ ‘Briton’

Middle English Walsch

English Welsh

Proto-Germanic *kakǭ ‘cake’

Old Norse kaka ‘cake’

Middle English cake

English cake

Today it means

noun A traditional sweet griddle-baked Welsh flatbread with dried fruit and sometimes spices.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Welsh cake