Where does “sokerimamma” come from?
sokerimamma (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.
sokerimamma (Finnish): sugar mama
Definitions
- sugar mama
Ancestry of “sokerimamma”, step by step
sokerimamma traces back through 3 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 English sugar mama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sugar mama | An older woman who spends money on a younger person, usually for romantic or sexual reasons |
| 2 | English | Sugar | radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S |
| 3 | German | zucker | inflection of zuckern: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | German | zücken | to draw |
| 5 | Middle High German | zucken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zucken | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tukkijaną | To draw; snatch; pull out; whip out |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tug- | — |
| 9 | Frankish | -wald | — |
| 10 | Frankish | wald | power, mastery, dominion; reigning; ruling |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | waldaz | leader |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | waldaną | to rule |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |