Where does “sokeritoppa” come from?
sokeritoppa (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.
sokeritoppa (Finnish): sugar-loaf, sugarloaf
Definitions
- sugar-loaf, sugarloaf
Ancestry of “sokeritoppa”, step by step
sokeritoppa 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 Finnish toppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toppa | loaf |
| 2 | Swedish | topp | top, peak; top; head |
| 3 | Old Swedish | topper | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | toppr | tuft of hair, forelock |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tuppaz | tuft, plait; top, summit |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dumb- | tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,... |
via Portuguese Pão de Açúcar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | Pão de Açúcar | sugar-loaf |