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