Where does “kandeeraus” come from?
kandeeraus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kandeerata, from Swedish kandera, from French candir, from Italian candire, from Italian candi, from Arabic قَنْدِيّ, from Arabic قَنْد, from Persian کند — chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;...
kandeeraus (Finnish): candying coating or crusting with sugar
Definitions
- candying coating or crusting with sugar
Ancestry of “kandeeraus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kandeerata | to candy to coat or crust with sugar |
| 2 | Swedish | kandera | — |
| 3 | French | candir | to crystallize; to cover with crystallized sugar |
| 4 | Italian | candire | to candy; to blanch, whiten |
| 5 | Italian | candi | candied, only used in zucchero candi |
| 6 | Arabic | قَنْدِيّ | candied |
| 7 | Arabic | قَنْد | hard candy made by boiling cane sugar; rock candy |
| 8 | Persian | کند | blunt; dull; slow |
| 9 | Sanskrit | खण्ड | chip, piece, slice, bit, portion, fragment;... |