English

honeycake

From honey + cake.

A compound of honey + cake

Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks

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Proto-Germanic *hunagą

Proto-West Germanic *hunag

Old English huniġ

Middle English hony

English honey

Proto-Germanic *kakǭ ‘cake’

Old Norse kaka ‘cake’

Middle English cake

English cake

Today it means

noun A cake made with honey.

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

Etymograph / honeycake