Where does “púðursykur” come from?
púðursykur (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sykur, from Danish sukker, from Middle Low German sucker, from Middle High German zucker, from Old High German zuckar, from Italian zucchero, from Arabic سُكَّر, from Persian شکر — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
púðursykur (Icelandic): brown sugar
Definitions
- brown sugar
Ancestry of “púðursykur”, step by step
púðursykur traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic sykur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | sykur | sugar |
| 2 | Danish | sukker | sugar; present of sukke |
| 3 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 4 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 5 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 6 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 7 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 8 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 9 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 10 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |
via Danish puddersukker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | puddersukker | brown sugar |
| 2 | German | Puderzucker | powdered sugar |
| 3 | German | zucker | inflection of zuckern: ## first-person singular... |
| 4 | German | zücken | to draw |
| 5 | Middle High German | zucken | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zucken | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tukkijaną | To draw; snatch; pull out; whip out |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tug- | — |
| 9 | Frankish | -wald | — |
| 10 | Frankish | wald | power, mastery, dominion; reigning; ruling |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | waldaz | leader |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | waldaną | to rule |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | waldʰ- | to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess |
via Icelandic púður
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | púður | powder |