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Where does “sokeroitua” come from?

sokeroitua (Finnish) comes from Finnish sokeroida, 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.

sokeroitua (Finnish): to become sugarcoated; to crystallize; Synonym of...

Definitions

  1. to become sugarcoated; to crystallize; Synonym of...

Ancestry of “sokeroitua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsokeroidato sugar; to sugar, to sugar-wax
2Finnishsokerisugar
3Swedishsockersugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;...
4Old Swedishsoker—
5Middle Low Germansucker—
6Middle High Germanzucker—
7Old High Germanzuckar—
8Italianzuccherosugar; first-person singular indicative present...
9Arabicسُكَّر—
10Persianشکرsugar
11Middle Persianšklsugar
12Sanskritशर्कराgravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or...
13Proto-Indo-AryanśárkaraH—
14Proto-Indo-IranianćárkaraH—
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱorkeh₂gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel
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