Where does “medvecukor” come from?

medvecukor (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian cukor, from German zucker, from Middle High German zucker — sugar.

medvecukor (Hungarian): liquorice UK, licorice US

Definitions

  1. liquorice UK, licorice US

Ancestry of “medvecukor”, step by step

medvecukor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian cukor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariancukorsugar
2Germanzuckerinflection of zuckern: ## first-person singular...
3Middle High Germanzuckersugar

via Hungarian medve

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianmedvebear
2Proto-Slavicmedvědьbear
3Proto-Slavicmedu-ēdis—

Words derived from “medvecukor”

Every word from Middle High German zucker →Every word from German zucker →Every word from Hungarian cukor →