Where does “cukorsav” come from?
cukorsav (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cukor, from German zucker, from Middle High German zucker — sugar.
cukorsav (Hungarian): saccharic acid
Definitions
- saccharic acid
Ancestry of “cukorsav”, step by step
cukorsav traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Hungarian cukor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | cukor | sugar |
| 2 | German | zucker | inflection of zuckern: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
via Hungarian sáv
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sáv | stripe, streak; lane |