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Tap any rung for its meaning.
Two stepping stones: the G (rung 1, for cages) and the P (rung 2, for pages) — each borrowed to keep a rung a real word, then given back before the end. There may be several par routes — the census above shows which ones climbers actually took.
A sweet baked dessert made from flour and sugar.
Cake comes from Old Norse 'kaka', meaning a flat baked good. It spread through northern European languages and replaced older English terms. The word is related to Swedish and Danish 'kaka'.
Full entry on Wiktionary ↗A single thickness of material spread over a surface.
Derived from the verb 'lay,' from Old English 'lecgan' meaning to place or put down. The suffix '-er' was added to form a noun describing something laid flat. It is related to German 'Lager' meaning a bed or storage layer.
Full entry on Wiktionary ↗Definitions give each word’s most common meaning — the full entries live at Wiktionary.