Where does “hillosokeri” come from?
hillosokeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish sokeri, from Swedish socker, from Old Swedish soker, from Middle Low German sucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
hillosokeri (Finnish): gelling sugar, jam sugar UK, jelly sugar US sugar containing pectin that is used to make preservatives
Definitions
- gelling sugar, jam sugar UK, jelly sugar US sugar containing pectin that is used to make preservatives
Ancestry of “hillosokeri”, step by step
hillosokeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sokeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sokeri | sugar |
| 2 | Swedish | socker | sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | soker | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 5 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 6 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 7 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 8 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 9 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 10 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 11 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |
via Finnish hillo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hillo | jam, jelly; bread |
| 2 | Middle English | hilli | — |
| 3 | German | Hildebrand | — |
| 4 | Old High German | Hiltibrant | and the protagonist of the eponymous Hildebrandslied |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | Hildibrandaz | — |