Where does “kockacukor” come from?
kockacukor (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cukor, from German zucker, from Middle High German zucker — sugar.
kockacukor (Hungarian): sugar cube
Definitions
- sugar cube
Ancestry of “kockacukor”, step by step
kockacukor 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 kocka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | kocka | cube; block, cube; die, dice |