Etymograph

English

funnel cake

From funnel + cake, since it is made by pouring batter through a funnel into hot oil.

A compound of funnel + cake

Middle English funell

English funnel

Proto-Germanic *kakǭ ‘cake’

Old Norse kaka ‘cake’

Middle English cake

English cake

Today it means

noun A specialty food made from deep-fried batter and originally associated with the Pennsylvania Dutch region of the United States.

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

Etymograph / funnel cake