Where does “tvísykra” come from?
tvísykra (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic sykra, 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 — gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel.
tvísykra (Icelandic): disaccharide
Definitions
- disaccharide
Ancestry of “tvísykra”, step by step
tvísykra traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Icelandic sykra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | sykra | to sugar, to add sugar to; saccharide |
| 2 | Icelandic | sykur | sugar |
| 3 | Danish | sukker | sugar; present of sukke |
| 4 | Middle Low German | sucker | sugar |
| 5 | Middle High German | zucker | sugar |
| 6 | Old High German | zuckar | — |
| 7 | Italian | zucchero | sugar; first-person singular indicative present... |
| 8 | Arabic | سُكَّر | — |
| 9 | Persian | شکر | sugar |
| 10 | Middle Persian | škl | sugar |
| 11 | Sanskrit | शर्करा | gravel, grit, pebbles, shingle, gravelly mould or... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | śárkaraH | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | ćárkaraH | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorkeh₂ | gravel, boulder; boulder; gravel |
via Icelandic tví
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Icelandic | tví | — |