Where does “sokeroituminen” come from?
sokeroituminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish sokeroitua, 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 — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
Ancestry of “sokeroituminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sokeroitua | to become sugarcoated; to crystallize; Synonym of... |
| 2 | Finnish | sokeroida | to sugar; to sugar, to sugar-wax |
| 3 | Finnish | sokeri | sugar |
| 4 | Swedish | socker | sugar; sucrose in the form of small crystals;... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | soker | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 7 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 8 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 9 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 10 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 11 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 12 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 13 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |