Where does “sugar” come from?

sugar (Basque) comes from Basque su, from Proto-Basque *su.

sugar (Basque): flame

Definitions

  1. flame

Ancestry of “sugar”, step by step

sugar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Basque su

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquesufire
2Proto-Basque*su

via Basque gar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Basquegarblaze
Every word from Proto-Basque *suEvery word from Basque su