Where does “cukranendrė” come from?

cukranendrė (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian cùkrus, from Polish cukier, from Middle High German zucker — sugar.

cukranendrė (Lithuanian): sugar cane

Definitions

  1. sugar cane

Ancestry of “cukranendrė”, step by step

cukranendrė traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lithuanian cùkrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniancùkrussugar
2Polishcukiersugar; saccharide
3Middle High Germanzuckersugar

via Lithuanian néndrė

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lithuaniannéndrė(Phragmites) reed
Every word from Middle High German zucker →Every word from Polish cukier →Every word from Lithuanian cùkrus →