Where does “vattacukor” come from?

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

vattacukor (Hungarian): candy floss UK, cotton candy US

Definitions

  1. candy floss UK, cotton candy US

Ancestry of “vattacukor”, step by step

vattacukor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian cukor

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

via Hungarian vatta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianvattacotton-wool
Every word from Middle High German zucker →Every word from German zucker →Every word from Hungarian cukor →