Where does “raakaruokosokeri” come from?
raakaruokosokeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruokosokeri, 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 — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
raakaruokosokeri (Finnish): raw cane sugar
Definitions
- raw cane sugar
Ancestry of “raakaruokosokeri”, step by step
raakaruokosokeri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ruokosokeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruokosokeri | cane sugar |
| 2 | Finnish | sokeri | sugar |
| 3 | Swedish | socker | sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | soker | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 6 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 7 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 8 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 9 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 10 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 11 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 12 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |
via Finnish raaka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raaka | raw; crude; rude, brutal |
| 2 | Finnish | raakaöljy | crude oil |
| 3 | Swedish | råolja | crude oil |
| 4 | Swedish | rå | raw; crude; rough |
| 5 | Swedish | råda | to advise (give advice (to someone)) |
| 6 | Old Swedish | rāþa | to ensure |
| 7 | Old Norse | ráða | to advise, counsel; to consult about, discuss; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaną | to decide, advise |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |