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Where does “sokeroida” come from?

sokeroida (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.

sokeroida (Finnish): to sugar; to sugar, to sugar-wax

Definitions

  1. to sugar; to sugar, to sugar-wax

Ancestry of “sokeroida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokerisugar
2Swedishsockersugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;...
3Old Swedishsoker—
4Middle Low Germansucker—
5Middle High Germanzucker—
6Old High Germanzuckar—
7Italianzuccherosugar; first-person singular indicative present...
8Arabicسُكَّر—
9Persianشکرsugar
10Middle Persianšklsugar
11Sanskritशर्कराgravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or...
12Proto-Indo-AryanśárkaraH—
13Proto-Indo-IranianćárkaraH—
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorkeh₂gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel

Words derived from “sokeroida”

  • sokeroittaa
  • sokeroimaton
  • sokeroitua
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