pannukakku

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • a thick (~ 1 cm) pancake baked in oven, eaten as dessert with whipped cream and jam
  • pancake
  • (idiomatic) failure, fiasco

Etymology

Compound from Finnish pannu (pot, pan, of the pan) + Finnish kakku (cake)derived from Swedish pannkaka (pancake).

Origin

Swedish

pannkaka

Gloss

pancake

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