Where does “selyemcukor” come from?

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

selyemcukor (Hungarian): filled candy a filled hard candy with a silky, pearly sheen on the outside

Definitions

  1. filled candy a filled hard candy with a silky, pearly sheen on the outside

Ancestry of “selyemcukor”, step by step

selyemcukor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian cukor

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

via Hungarian selyem

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianselyemsilk, silken; silk
Every word from Middle High German zucker →Every word from German zucker →Every word from Hungarian cukor →